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METR introduces a new metric to calculate exactly when AI agents become more expensive than humans

METR's new metric, the "expenditure horizon," puts a dollar figure on how cost-effective AI agents are at solving problems. Early results on the NanoGPT speedrun are underwhelming, the metric has blind spots, and the newest generation of models could change the picture. The article METR introduces a new metric to calculate exactly when AI agents become more expensive than humans appeared first on The Decoder .

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Published: 27 July 2026
Source: The Decoder
Category: News
Topics: Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 28 July 2026

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ethics.ai (27 July 2026), “METR introduces a new metric to calculate exactly when AI agents become more expensive than humans,” evidence record 13957, https://ethics.ai/record/13957 (originally published by The Decoder).

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