2026-09-21†
Building standards for the next phase of AI
“Fully autonomous RSI is not happening today, and we should not pursue it unless and until it can be done safely.”
OpenAI on RSI
2 claims, newest first, each quoted from OpenAI's own pages or papers. 2 stated dates: an automated AI researcher by March 2028; an automated research intern by September 2026.
2026-09-06†
Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI
“We are making strong progress toward creating an automated AI researcher by March of 2028.”
- contradicted This post says "fully autonomous RSI is not happening today." That line is in OpenAI's 09-21 standards post, not this one.
- no primary source OpenAI reported a ~4x research speedup. No such figure in the post.