New study shows AI isn’t ready for office work

New study shows AI isn’t ready for office work

Mercor’s APEX-Agents benchmark finds top AI models score under 25% accuracy on realistic consulting, legal, and finance tasks.

APEX Benchmark Exposes AI Agents’ White-Collar Shortfalls

In the high-stakes arena of artificial intelligence, a fresh benchmark is delivering a sobering verdict on the readiness of AI agents to infiltrate white-collar professions. Dubbed APEX-Agents, the evaluation—unveiled by talent platform Mercor—tests leading models on tasks mimicking the daily grind of investment bankers, management consultants, and corporate lawyers. The results are stark: even top performers barely crack 25% success on first-tr…