Study product information to acquire professional knowledge.

Study product information to acquire professional knowledge. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 6 occupations and seen in 7 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise. in Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 7 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 7 (100%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 4 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.032% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Obtain and study information about clients' products, needs, problems, advertising history, and business practices to offer effective sales presentations and appropriate product assistance. · Advertising Sales Agents · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Research or investigate products to be presented to prepare for demonstrations. · Demonstrators and Product Promoters · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Monitor market conditions, product innovations, and competitors' products, prices, and sales. · Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Learn about competitors' products or consumers' interests or concerns to answer questions or provide more complete information. · Demonstrators and Product Promoters · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Attend meetings, seminars, and programs to learn about new products and services, learn new skills, and receive technical assistance in developing new accounts. · Insurance Sales Agents · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Study documentation or other information for new scientific or technical products. · Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Monitor market conditions, innovations, and competitors' services, prices, and sales. · Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Advertising Sales Agents
• Demonstrators and Product Promoters
• Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
• Insurance Sales Agents
• Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
• Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Study product information to acquire professional knowledge.},
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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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