OpenAI Discusses Progress of Automated Researcher
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-07-10
The post cites claims from an OpenAI livestream that a system named Sol is already improving the company's research workflows and can even autonomously post-train GPT-5.6-Luna. The cited content compares the timelines of the "automated researcher" versus an "intern," suggesting OpenAI's progress on research automation may be accelerating beyond prior expectations.
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