OpenAI says it has reached its self-set milestone of an "automated research intern," a system handling clearly scoped research tasks under human guidance, though it offers no independent validation. The claim, published alongside internal usage metrics and chief scientist Jakub Pachocki's essay "An Alien Mind," came three days after GPT-6 Astra's unveiling. Pachocki warns that no lab has solved control of these systems well enough and calls for binding standards enforced by independent auditors.
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