REA, which claims to "replicate any software", has been put to practical testing: out of 51 public attempts, most successful cases only involved partial functionality.

Beating AI News (Dongcha) reports that independent technical author quanglee reviewed 51 public use cases of REA, finding that so-called "replication success" often only means restoring a single function. On October 12, he released his findings: 9 of the cases came from REA project contributors, all achieving their respective goals; among the other 42 independent attempts, 20 were fully completed, 16 partially completed, and 6 failed.

The crux lies in the definition of "completion". Among the 2

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