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OpenAI builds LifeVal to grade ChatGPT on childcare, budgets and paperwork

OpenAI announced LifeVal on November 2nd, an internal benchmark that grades AI models on everyday personal tasks such as finding childcare, creating a budget, ordering groceries and accessing government services, and said it used the evaluation over the past year to track and drive model improvement on those tasks. According to CNN's reporting, GPT-6 Astra scored 80% on LifeVal. OpenAI positions LifeVal as a training target for personal agents that browse, use computers and act through connectors, extending the work-task logic of GDPVal into household life.

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OpenAI builds LifeVal to grade ChatGPT on childcare, budgets and paperwork
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OpenAI said it used the internal evaluation for a year to steer ChatGPT toward acting on personal errands, with GPT-6 Astra scoring 80% in CNN's reporting.

        By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)
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Primary source: [openai.com](https://openai.com/index/lifeval/)

Why it matters #

LifeVal gives OpenAI a training target for personal agents that browse, use computers and act through connectors, extending the work-task logic of GDPVal into household life.

OpenAI announced LifeVal on November 2nd, a benchmark that grades AI models on everyday personal tasks including finding childcare, creating a budget, ordering groceries and accessing government services. OpenAI said it used LifeVal over the past year to track and drive improvement in model performance on those tasks.

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