A work step that took 3 days now takes about 90 minutes with Claude, but the AI still stalled on 5 puzzles, so human checks still matter.
A work step that used to take 3 days was cut to about 90 minutes using Claude, an AI assistant. The same story also reports that AI stalled on 5 puzzles. Put together, it is a useful snapshot of where AI stands: very fast on some jobs, still stuck on others.
Claude is made by Anthropic and competes with ChatGPT. According to the story, using it shrank one step of a work process from 3 days to roughly 90 minutes. That is a big gain in time for a single task. The story, from FourWeekMBA, also notes that AI stalled on 5 puzzles.
The material available is thin. It does not say which company did this, what the step involved, or how the results were checked. It also does not describe the 5 puzzles or explain why the AI got stuck on them. Those details would help show how far the result applies to other businesses.
Any business with slow, repetitive steps may see itself in this story. The time savings point to where AI tools can help most. The stalled puzzles are a reminder that harder problems can still trip these tools up.
Try AI on slow, repetitive steps, but check its work, since it can still get stuck on harder problems.
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