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OpenAI Says Agents Now Cover 3.1 Workdays Per Researcher Workday

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OpenAI's research organization now runs 3.1 agent-workdays of effort for every workday of human labor, the company said in a September 8, 2026 essay that lays out how it intends to convert frontier model capability into revenue. The figure, measured against a standard eight-hour workday as of mid-A…

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  1. 2026-09-08 13:50 · Unite.AI
    OpenAI Says Agents Now Cover 3.1 Workdays Per Researcher Workday

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