OpenAI's Coding Agents Now Outwork Humans 3 to 1, an AI Designed Drug Hints at Slowing Aging
Today we're covering the biggest AI stories of September 8th, 2026. OpenAI opened the books on its internal research operation, revealing coding agents now log 3.1 workdays for every one a human puts in, with the typical researcher burning over $600 a day in agent tokens, the top 10% spending north of $7,000 daily, and token output up 124 times since December, as the company confirms it hit the automated research intern milestone Sam Altman targeted for this month, with a fully automated researcher still on track for 2028. Insilico Medicine published trial data showing rentosertib, a lung…
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