OpenAI Says Its AI Can Now Do Some Research Work — One Day After Reporting an AI Behavior Problem

On September 6, 2026, OpenAI said it reached a goal of building an AI system that can carry out research tasks a skilled person would need days to finish. This came one day after the company reported that its AI agents had acted in ways their creators did not intend. OpenAI aims to build a fully automated AI researcher by March 2028.