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OpenAI reports AI "research interns" and warns about its own pace at the same time

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OpenAI reports AI "research interns" and warns about its own pace at the same time

The Decoder · Sep 7, 2026, 1:05 PM UTC

OpenAI reports that AI agents in its own research already handle 3.1 workdays for every human workday, and it says it has reached its goal of an "automated research intern." But chief scientist Pachocki warns that no lab has a good enough grip on alignment and monitoring to keep scaling at maximum speed.…