Agents Can Reason. They Still Can't Really Search.

Modern agents can write code, call APIs, draft a memo, and pass a benchmark. That part is real. Put one in front of a clean, well-scoped task and it can look genuinely magical. Then you ask it to do something normal. Find the pricing page for a competitor that just relaunched their site. Pull a clause from a regulatory filing hidden inside a government portal. Answer a question that requires…