Prompt EngineeringZayne Sprague et al. (University of Texas at Austin and others)
Zayne Sprague et al. publish "To CoT or not to CoT?"
"To CoT or not to CoT?" published — a meta-analysis of over 100 papers plus experiments reported that CoT gains are concentrated in math and symbolic reasoning
Why it matters
A rebuttal that empirically narrowed the scope in which CoT applies
Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”
Paperarxiv.orghttps://arxiv.org/abs/2409.12183Added in Week 35, 2026 · See that week