Existing AI benchmarks provide little evidence about how well models perform most tasks in the U.S. economy, according to a new analysis from Mercor. Mercor reports in its Benchmark Map that about 90% of U.S. working hours involve tasks with little or no representation in the benchmarks it reviewed. The company mapped 29 public and …
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says more than 10 million people in the United States and Canada have created a Muse AI agent since the app launched in September. Natalie Musumeci and Sydney Bradley report for Business Insider that shopping has become the app’s leading use case. More than 25% of Muse users complete purchases through …
Men and women in the United States now report using AI chatbots at nearly identical rates, ending a sizable adoption gap measured two years earlier. Monica Anderson and Eugenie Park write for Pew Research Center that 49% of men and 47% of women say they have used chatbots such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, or Microsoft …
The cost of achieving a given level of AI performance is falling at an unusually fast pace, according to two recent analyses. That shift could make AI a routine component of software tools rather than a separately priced service, affecting everything from content workflows to search, security, and internal business systems. Alex Tabarrok writes for …
Gen X workers express more positive views of their employers’ use of artificial intelligence than millennials and Gen Z workers, according to a Glassdoor analysis of employee reviews. The findings point to a growing workplace divide: senior employees often see AI as a useful tool or a business opportunity, while younger workers more often connect …
Young workers in occupations most exposed to AI are seeing substantially weaker employment prospects, while older employees have so far been largely spared, according to updated research from Stanford economists. Kyle Orland reports for Ars Technica that the researchers identify a widening gap for workers aged 22 to 25. Employment in the most AI exposed …
Anthropic has released findings from a pilot program that allowed three outside research groups to study aggregated data from roughly 250,000 Claude and Claude Code conversations. One study found that users delegate consequential tasks to the AI more often than earlier research had suggested, especially when seeking professional legal or financial guidance. Kunal Handa and …
A majority of Americans now say they feel more concerned than excited about artificial intelligence becoming part of daily life. The share has risen to 52%, from 37% in 2021, according to a new survey by Colleen McClain and Eugenie Park for Pew Research Center. The findings challenge the assumption that younger people are broadly …
Google’s expansion of AI-powered search is raising fresh concerns that the company could weaken the open web by keeping users inside its own products. Kate Conger reports for The New York Times that publishers, retailers and other website operators are seeing search traffic fall as Google provides more answers directly through AI. Google’s AI Mode …
Access to AI advice can make people less accurate while dramatically increasing their confidence, according to a study by researchers from universities in France and Italy. Participants were far less likely to acknowledge uncertainty after receiving AI input, even when the model gave unreliable answers. Ana Maria Constantin reports for The Next Web that the …