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The Scaffolding Tax: Why Less Prompt Beats More (2026)
Two frontier labs and two research papers reached the same conclusion by 2026: the AI instructions you wrote to improve output are now quietly making it worse.
By Taskade TeamTaskade Blog
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Originally published by Taskade Blog on Aug 30, 2026.
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