Frontier AI Now Beats Junior Accountants in Mercor Benchmark
Mercor's benchmark with 12 CPAs shows frontier AI models now complete well-defined accounting tasks faster and more accurately than junior accountants, a dramatic reversal from 18 months earlier when they lagged far behind humans.
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