# Bad Influence story: Rayline launches ARC, a small model that routes AI agent steps to other models

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-11 15:28. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/4460c84d-e6de-4fae-9ace-f305a321364d

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Latest update (11-11 15:28): Rayline launches ARC, a tiny model that routes AI agent steps to the right model

Overview: Rayline has launched ARC, a small AI model that decides which model handles each step of a task and how much reasoning that step gets. Easy steps go to a lighter model and hard steps go to a stronger one, according to the report.

In Rayline's DeepSWE tests, ARC scored 68.7% against 69.9% for Opus 5.5, while costing 7% per task, the report says. The figures are Rayline's own results as reported by Testing Catalog, which has not independently verified them.

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1. 11-11 15:28 · Testing Catalog · [Rayline launches ARC, a tiny model that routes AI agent steps to the right model](https://badinfluence.news/items/bfskg5qs4u74m01gytby2ane1)
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