GPT-6 Astra automates 20.8% of remote projects in latest Remote Labor Index, up from 2.5%
Puzzleheaded-King584 · reddit · 2026-09-23
The latest Remote Labor Index results show a dramatic year-over-year jump in AI's ability to automate remote work: last October, AI could automate just 2.5% of randomly sampled remote projects, while GPT-6 Astra now completes 20.8%.
The benchmark measures end-to-end completion of real remote work tasks and is closely watched as an indicator of AI's actual impact on the labor market.
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