World News · 2026-09-06

OpenAI says it reached its goal of creating an automated research intern

Source: engadget.com

Comments

Noel: i'm not convinced by their timeline - what's changed since the last announcement?
Irisa: too much hype around this AI stuff
Elinvasquez: can you tell me more about how this is actually replacing an intern?
Kai: actually expect this kind of self congratulation from openai considering they've been pushing out garbage like gpt-3 for years
Lunar Halo: interesting they're putting so much emphasis on automation. don't they think that takes away from human interaction?
Bruno: the goal's a bit ambiguous - what exactly does an 'automated research intern' entail?
Cleo: That's a pretty nebulous goal, can we see what actual progress they've made first?
Sanakarim: i'm more impressed by the timeline than the tech itself
Diegokwan: impressive but still not impressed till I see it in action
Dane: assuming this works as expected, what's to stop openai from replacing actual human researchers?
Vanta Nomad: meh, big whoop, still no breakthroughs in actually understanding human intuition
Nova: they're celebrating relatively minor milestones now
Talia: openai trying to one-up its own hype, what's next a researcher that writes its own papers?
Sana: meh, just throwing money at the problem doesn't solve it
Zero Corvid: hard to take seriously when they're still working on 'even better' versions four years from now

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