Only 2.6% of Agentic Tools Match Existing Human Work Tasks, Cohere Study Finds
Cohere_Labs · x · 2026-09-30
Cohere Labs released a research thread finding that only 2.6% of agentic tools map directly onto tasks in existing occupational databases. The team asks whether this means agents barely touch human work, or whether we're measuring with the wrong ruler.
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