Median OpenAI researcher spent $0/day on coding agents in February, post reveals
zacharynado · x · 2026-09-07
A viral post points out that the median OpenAI researcher spent $0 per day on coding agents as recently as February this year. The poster calls this both the funniest and scariest part, noting the contrast with all the hype OpenAI generated around its models' coding abilities prior to then.
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