{"id":12339,"date":"2026-10-12T18:04:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T12:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/?p=12339"},"modified":"2026-10-12T18:04:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T12:34:40","slug":"arc-prize-2026-arc-agi-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/arc-prize-2026-arc-agi-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ARC Prize 2026 \u2014 ARC-AGI-2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udccc About the Event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ARC Prize 2026 \u2014 ARC-AGI-2 is a global artificial intelligence competition that challenges participants to develop AI systems capable of solving novel reasoning tasks. Based on the ARC-AGI-2 benchmark, the challenge focuses on building systems that can generalize to unfamiliar problems rather than relying solely on memorized patterns. 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