BAAI releases AREX-2 27B model with top MLE-bench Lite and BrowseComp scores
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BAAI, with USTC and RUC, releases AREX-2, a 27B model built on Qwen3.8-27B. According to BAAI's X post, AREX-2 scores 81.8 on MLE-bench Lite and sets new state-of-the-art results for models of 40B parameters or fewer on BrowseComp (84.0) and HLE (52.6).
The same post's benchmark chart also reports 93.8 on DeepSearchQA and 92.2 on GAIA. BAAI attributes the gains to reinforcement learning on algorithmic optimization tasks, which it says improves deep reflection and long-horizon execution on complex coding and deep research.
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BAAI@BAAIBeijingOfficialBAAI releases AREX-2, a 27B model built on Qwen3.8-27BAIBAAI, with USTC and RUC, releases AREX-2, a 27B model built on Qwen3.8-27B. The post says it scores 81.8 on MLE-bench Lite and sets new ≤40B state-of-the-art results on BrowseComp (84.0) and HLE (52.6). The benchmark chart also reports 93.8 on DeepSearchQA and 92.2 on GAIA.

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