OpenAI · 2026-09-06†
Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI
“We are making strong progress toward creating an automated AI researcher by March of 2028.”
- Who
- OpenAI
- Date
- 2026-09-06. The page shows no date; this one is from press coverage.
- Evidence
- official post with figures what this means
- Replication
- None recorded
- Checked
- 2026-10-14, against the source page
- Links
- Source
Also on the page
- OpenAI says it reached its earlier goal of "an automated research intern by September of this year."
- As of mid-August 2026, the research organization used "3.1 agent-workdays of effort for every workday of human labor."
- The post also says people still set research priorities and judge which results to pursue.
Dates in this claim
- an automated AI researcher, by March 2028: pending, 533 days left
- an automated research intern, by September 2026: met, by OpenAI's own measure
What got repeated wrong
- contradictedThis post says "fully autonomous RSI is not happening today."That line is in OpenAI's 09-21 standards post, not this one.
- no primary sourceOpenAI reported a ~4x research speedup.No such figure in the post.