arxivcs.LGcs.CLcs.IR2026-07-19
DRNOISE: Benchmarking Deep Research Agents in Misleading Evidence Environments
Jun Nie, Zhiqin Yang, Zhenheng Tang, Yonggang Zhang, Xiaowen Chu, Xinmei Tian, et al.
Deep research agents increasingly operate over the open web, where relevant records coexist with redundant summaries, outdated reports, and misleading documents. Existing evaluations offer limited insight into whether agents preserve sound evidential standards when an ordinary-lo…