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AI Agents Can’t Actually Do Your Job (Yet) — New Benchmark Reveals The Gap

Summary by eweek.com
The hype: AI agents will automate entire workflows! Replace freelancers! Handle complex tasks end-to-end! The reality: a measly 2-3% completion rate. See, Scale AI and CAIS just released the Remote Labor Index (paper), a benchmark where AI agents attempted real freelance tasks. The best-performing model earned just $1,810 out of $143,991 in available work, and yes, finishing only 2-3% of jobs. This benchmark is a much-needed reality check for an…
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eweek.com broke the news in on Monday, November 3, 2025.
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