These researchers used NPR Sunday Puzzle questions to benchmark AI ‘reasoning’ models | TechCrunch

Every Sunday, NPR host Will Shortz, The New York Times’ crossword puzzle guru, gets to quiz thousands of listeners in a long-running segment called the Sunday Puzzle. While written to be solvable without too much foreknowledge, the brainteasers are usually challenging even for skilled contestants.

That’s why some experts think they’re a promising way to test the limits of AI’s problem-solving abilities.

In a new study, a team of researchers hailing from Wellesley College,…