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A New Study from Harvard and Perplexity Finds AI Agents Perform 26 Minutes of Autonomous Work per Session vs 33 Seconds for Search
A Harvard and Perplexity paper compares an autonomous agent with a search assistant using matched-pair sessions. The study reports the agent completed about 26 minutes of autonomous work per session versus 33 seconds for search, with higher time, cost, and task scope.