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  "title": "OpenAI: AI agents now perform 3.1 researcher-workdays for every human researcher-workday, says it has reached “automated research intern” level, and expects “automated AI researcher” by March 2028",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1w914qw/openai_ai_agents_now_perform_31/",
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  "transcript": "https://openai.com/index/research-acceleration-view-inside-openai/\n\n>\"As of mid-August, in total, the research organization uses 3.1 agent-workdays of effort for every workday of human labor.”\n\n>“We have now reached the goal… of having an automated research intern.”\n\n>“We are making strong progress toward creating an automated AI researcher by March of 2028.”\n\n>“Agentic systems have contributed to our progress toward RSI in recent months.”\n\nOpenAI may have roughly 1,000 employees doing actual AI research. So if what they're saying is true, it's as if their research lab went from 1,000 researchers to 4,100 researchers overnight with the help of the automated research interns.\n\n\n\n--- Top Comments ---\n\n\n[97 upvotes] does it really take 3 more generations until automated ai researcher\n\n[44 upvotes] ![gif](giphy|SrAVgBKdpLJceX7cFd)\n\n[43 upvotes] I just hope (probably in vain) that the media are able to make AI the primary issue of the 2028 presidential election in the US. Nobody should get out of a primary without an answer for what they’re going to do ensure the benefits of AI are distributed broadly. ",
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