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Intelligence Verdict
Can AI do it yet? · Agents

Can AI use my computer for me yet?

By OpenAI's own figures its model now beats people's score on OSWorld's everyday computer tasks, but on long real workflows of about an hour and a half the best agent finished only about one in five.

  • 3 of 6Independently tested
  • 4pieces of evidence
The answer

Stage 3: independently tested.

The rule that placed itSomeone other than the maker has tested it: an independent benchmark, a peer-reviewed paper, or a hands-on test by a trusted outlet.

The evidenceOn OSWorld 2.0, 108 long computer workflows that take a person about 1.6 hours each, the best AI agent fully completed only 20.6% of tasks. OSWorld 2.0, arXiv 2606.29537, Jun 28, 2026.

A stage says how far the evidence has got. It is not a rating of the AI and not advice.

  1. 1
    ClaimedEvidence found
  2. 2
    LaunchedEvidence found
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    Independently testedPlaced here
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    Tested with real peopleNo evidence yet
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    Regulator-clearedNo approval process exists
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    Widely used with a verified recordNo evidence yet
The evidence

Everything we found.

In ladder order, newest first within each kind. Makers' own claims are labeled as theirs.

Claimed

What the makers claim

  • OpenAI (company-reported)
    “GPT‑5.4 achieves a state-of-the-art 75.0% success rate”

    OpenAI, Introducing GPT-5.4 · Mar 5, 2026 · company-reported

Launched

What has launched

Tested

What independent tests found

  • OSWorld 2.0 authors (Yuan, Xie, Yu et al.)

    On OSWorld 2.0, 108 long computer workflows that take a person about 1.6 hours each, the best AI agent fully completed only 20.6% of tasks.

    “Claude Opus 4.8 with maximum thinking and batched tool calls scores best but still completes only 20.6% of tasks.”

    OSWorld 2.0, arXiv 2606.29537 · Jun 28, 2026

  • OSWorld, reported in the Stanford AI Index

    On OSWorld, a test of everyday computer tasks, the best AI scored 66.3% in 2025. People score 72.35%.

    Stanford AI Index 2026 · 2026

Not found in our sources yet: tested with real people; how many people use it. No regulator approves AI for this task, so the approval step doesn't apply.

Beside the stage

Track record and tools.

Failures and court cases are shown beside the stage, never folded into it. Tools are listed because the evidence names them, in no order of merit.

Tools named in the evidence
  • ChatGPT agent
  • GPT-5.4
  • Claude Opus 4.8