Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI
Simon Willison's Weblog
Read full postOpenAI has accelerated its AI research efforts in 2026, notably using coding agents and recursive self-improvement techniques linked to their new AGI model. A surge in AI spending per researcher occurred in late July, likely tied to internal access to GPT-6 Astra.
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