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What changed,
and why.

An answer can change. So can the evidence behind a workflow. Follow the revisions, the Briefs that connect them, and the tests we actually ran.

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This page draws on reviewed versions in the current AI collection. It includes revisions, Briefs and Playbook test records; new Explainers remain in Questions. Dates below are when Atlas recorded and reviewed a version, not necessarily its first publication date. An editorial revision does not by itself mean the underlying facts changed.

Titles and reasons come from the saved versions; the title link opens the current article. Test dates refer to execution. A new review or a changed deadline is not a new test. Brief links state which article revision they address and disappear from current advice if that revision is replaced or unavailable. The Atom feed uses the same reviewed entries.

Briefs

  1. Revision 2
    Editorial revision

    When should an AI agent stop trusting its memory?

    Links the freshness follow-up to the experience-learning Explainer and states what it adds. The experiment, findings and limits are unchanged.

    Builds on this answerWhen does an AI agent actually learn from experience? →

    The learning comparison asked whether a stored experience improved later results. This follow-up asks which parts of a saved work record still apply after the task or source changes. It tests a different question and does not rerun the original comparison.

    For the reader. When reusing a work record, check the source, version and scope behind each conclusion. Preserve valid work and explain what needed a new check; these results do not establish a benefit from extra memory.

  2. Revision 1

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