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Frontier models passed the CFA Level III exam.
Less than half of (human) candidates passed the exam in February.
AI is rapidly becoming better at certain tasks.
Some tasks that demand Herculean cognitive effort from humans are trivially easy for AI systems, which are designed to detect and replicate complex patterns gleaned from enormous troves of data. The technology has already scored top marks in world-class competitions in mathematics and coding; soon -- according to the vision of some developers -- help human researchers make new scientific discoveries.
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Now, AI's capabilities are also rapidly catching up with the most skilled human financial analysts.
A new study conducted by the New York University Stern School of Business and AI-powered wealth management platform GoodFin found that some frontier AI models were able to successfully pass a mock version of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level III exam, widely regarded as the world's most difficult and prestigious testing benchmark for aspiring investment management professionals.
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