Are AI agents ready for the workplace? A new benchmark raises doubts

January 22, 2026 Russell Brandom

New research looks at how leading AI models hold up doing actual white-collar work tasks, drawn from consulting, investment banking, and law. Most models failed.

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Inference startup Inferact lands $150M to commercialize vLLM
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The seed round values the newly formed startup at $800 million.

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