{"slug": "openai-reports-ai-research-interns-and-warns-about-its-own-pace-at-the-same-time", "title": "OpenAI reports AI \"research interns\" and warns about its own pace at the same time", "summary": "OpenAI reports that AI agents in its own research already handle 3.1 workdays for every human workday, and says it has reached its goal of an 'automated research intern.' Chief scientist Jakub Pachocki warned that no lab has a good enough grip on alignment and monitoring to keep scaling at maximum speed.", "body_md": "# OpenAI reports AI \"research interns\" and warns about its own pace at the same time\n\nBy Maximilian SchreinerSource: \n\n[The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com)\n [OpenAI](/glossary/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.\n\nThe article [OpenAI reports AI \"research interns\" and warns about its own pace at the same time](https://the-decoder.com/openai-reports-ai-research-interns-and-warns-about-its-own-pace-at-the-same-time/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-reports-ai-research-interns-and-warns-about-its-own-pace-at-the-same-time", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/openai-reports-ai-research-interns-and-warns-about-its-own-p-k3nv", "published_at": "2026-09-07 13:05:22+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-07 13:25:15.136719+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents", "ai-safety", "ai-research"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Jakub Pachocki", "The Decoder"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-reports-ai-research-interns-and-warns-about-its-own-pace-at-the-same-time", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-reports-ai-research-interns-and-warns-about-its-own-pace-at-the-same-time.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-reports-ai-research-interns-and-warns-about-its-own-pace-at-the-same-time.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-reports-ai-research-interns-and-warns-about-its-own-pace-at-the-same-time.jsonld"}}