# A New Benchmark Asks Whether an Agent Can Learn an Actual Job, Not Complete a Task

ApprenticeBench drops a computer-use agent into an accounts payable role and scores cumulative success across 100 vendor bills processed in sequence.

- Published: 2026-09-14T06:22:55.303Z
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The agent lab NeoCognition released ApprenticeBench, which it describes as the first end-to-end benchmark combining computer use, continual learning, and long-horizon agentic work inside a single simulated job. The Russian-language technica…

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