{
  "id": 2279127,
  "title": "MidTool: Mid-training Data Synthesis for Agentic Tool Use",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/midtool-mid-training-data-synthesis-for-agentic-tool-use",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-20T17:53:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "arXiv cs.AI",
    "slug": "arxiv-cs-ai",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.20314v1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mid-training is increasingly recognized as a critical stage for shaping the capabilities of large language models. Recent work has shown that targeted mid-training can strengthen reasoning-intensive abilities such as math and science, and can also improve agentic capabilities in software-engineering settings. In this work, we study the parallel but less explored agentic capability: general tool…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}