Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI
· Source: Simon Willison
OpenAI has spent today focusing on what it calls RSI, or Recursive Self‑Improvement, an initiative the company links to its upcoming AI model, internally identified as GPT‑6 Astra. In a recent report, the research team explains how coding agents are reshaping the routine of its scientists. A chart included shows that the average daily spend per researcher remained almost zero until February 2026, began to rise slowly in the spring, and from July onward experienced a sharp increase, reaching nearly $600 a day by the end of August. The article’s author suggests that this jump is due to internal staff gaining access to the model before it was released as GPT‑6 Astra.
This acceleration signals that programming agents are becoming a central tool in AI research, cutting development time and costs. Understanding this shift is important because it could redefine the pace at which advances in artificial intelligence are produced, affecting both the scientific community and the sectors that rely on these technologies.
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