# Bad Influence story: Modal describes self-play training for agents on its SDK with Vmax

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-10 09:36. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/3c9c8e16-41e4-4a57-98f6-194aff08553c

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Latest update (11-10 09:36): Vmax and Modal use self-play to train agents on the Modal SDK

Overview: Modal says it worked with Vmax to train agents to use the Modal SDK. The method generates tasks that target the agents' failure modes, which translate Python code into working Modal workloads. Modal's elastic compute runs and checks the solutions, including GPU calculations and inference endpoints that reuse state across requests. The source is a Modal post on X; the report gives no results or measured improvements.

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1. 11-10 09:36 · Modal · [Vmax and Modal use self-play to train agents on the Modal SDK](https://badinfluence.news/items/mr8c6kbj6nj147d6bhuw381od)
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