Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI

OpenAI believes that AGI must be democratically governed for the benefit of all humanity, necessitating an informed public debate on AI capabilities, risks, and safeguards. Understanding frontier AI's future trajectory is crucial for public involvement in its development. Research shows coding agents' success rates increased from January to July across various difficulty levels. However, these agents still require significant human intervention, especially for complex tasks, with over half of successful 4-8 hour tasks needing one or more interventions in the last six months.

This report is the first time OpenAI has publicly detailed its internal research acceleration efforts and the performance of its coding agents.