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AI benchmarks cover just a tenth of US working hours

Original: 90% of US working hours are spent on tasks not covered well by AI benchmarks

New research from Mercor maps AI benchmark coverage against US labor data and finds that about 90% of working hours in the United States fall on tasks that existing AI benchmarks do not measure well. The finding suggests the industry's standard evaluation tests may capture only a narrow slice of real work, leaving most occupations' day-to-day tasks unassessed as AI tools spread into the workplace.

Why now: It challenges how well current AI evaluations reflect real-world work, a pressing question as adoption accelerates.

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