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Source: OpenAI research posts (OpenAI) · OpenAI; short quotation · CSV
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| id | value | grade | as of date | published date | tier | audited vs reported | extraction method | review status | retrieved at | http status | content hash | supersedes id | url | flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 934287c4b4ca222d | $600 | grade D, evidence tier 7 | 2026-08-15 | 2026-09-06 | 7 | company_stated | manual | approved | 2026-09-10T04:22:20.111628Z | 200 | 95ba572ac7eb | — | source page |
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- 934287c4b4ca222d By mid-August, the median researcher was integrating agents daily into their work, using more than $600 per day of inference at API prices.