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title: "Human scientists still trounce the best AI agents on complex research tasks — but the gap is closing fast"
date: 2026-05-14
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description: "Give a top AI agent two hours and a well-defined coding problem, and it will match or beat a skilled human engineer. Give that same agent an eight-hour research challenge, and the human pulls ahead."
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# Human scientists still trounce the best AI agents on complex research tasks — but the gap is closing fast

Give a top AI agent two hours and a well-defined coding problem, and it will match or beat a skilled human engineer. Give that same agent an eight-hour research challenge, and the human pulls ahead.

*Published: 2026-05-14*