OpenAI Says AI Agents Now Produce 3x Research Output of Humans

OpenAI revealed in two blog posts that its internal AI agents now generate over three days' worth of research per human workday, while its chief scientist called for the industry to slow down, highlighting tension between acceleration and risk.

2026-09-08 ~ 2026-09-09 · 2 related posts

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