Could A.I. Do Your Job? We Put Agents to the Test.
In our experiment, we deployed A.I. “agents” to act as office workers, and found that they were capable of performing some of the tasks we assigned, but not all of them.
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Published: 23 July 2026
Source: The New York Times
Category: News
Topics: Jobs & economy · Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 25 July 2026
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