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Frontier AI models outperform human experts on earnings prediction for the first time

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Dev.to | Oct 12, 2026 | Ashwin Paranjape

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Surprise correlation measures if the surprise (i. e. actual − consensus) is correlated with the predicted surprise (prediction − consensus). Surprise correlation for AI models is increasing with more capable models, with the latest models significantly outperforming the bias-corrected consensus. Earnings prediction error for AI models is decreasing with more capable models, with all models outperforming consensus and the best model, GPT-6 Astra, outperforming even the bias-corrected consensus.

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