Tags: knowledge work

Anthropic announced Claude Opus 4.6, branding it as a direct upgrade that handles complex, multi‑step tasks with higher quality on the first try. The model expands beyond coding to improve work in documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and adds a one‑million token context window in beta. New features include agent‑team collaboration for developers and expanded cybersecurity safeguards. Pricing remains the same as the predecessor, and the model is positioned as a more production‑ready solution for a broad range of knowledge‑work applications. Ler mais

A new benchmark called APEX-Agents, designed to test AI performance on real-world professional tasks in consulting, investment banking, and law, reveals that current AI models struggle to meet the demands of knowledge work. Researchers from Mercur report that even top-performing models answer only about a quarter of the questions correctly, highlighting challenges in multi-domain reasoning and information retrieval across tools like Slack and Google Drive. The findings suggest that AI is still far from replacing skilled professionals in high‑value roles. Ler mais