Papersby GlyphStateAct: Program State, before Pixels, for Long-Horizon Computer-Use Agents research paper by Salesforce, 2026
Salesforce · Agents and evaluation · Jul 24, 2026 · 6 citations · 62 upvotes
What it shows
StateAct improves computer-use agents by grounding actions, verification, and memory in direct program state rather than screenshots, boosting success rates while reducing cost.
By Yan Yang, Xiangru Jian, Ziyang Luo and 7 more · arXiv 2607.22798 · PDF
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