Harvard and Perplexity study finds AI agents perform 26 minutes of work versus 33 seconds for search
A New Study from Harvard and Perplexity Finds AI Agents Perform 26 Minutes of Autonomous Work per Session vs 33 Seconds for Search
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Summary
A Harvard and Perplexity paper compared autonomous agents with search assistants using matched-pair sessions. AI agents performed 26 minutes of autonomous work per session compared to 33 seconds for search, with large gains in autonomy, time, cost, and scope of work attempted.