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AI progress and recommendations

AI is advancing fast. We have the chance to shape its progress—toward discovery, safety, and a better future for everyone.

arXiv AI
Jun 16

Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2026

arXiv:2606. 15708v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Welcome to the ninth edition of the AI Index report.

By Sha Sajadieh, Loredana Fattorini, Raymond Perrault, Yolanda Gil, Vanessa Parli, Lapo Santarlasci, Juan Pava, Nestor Maslej, Russ Altman, Erik Brynjolfsson, Carla Brodley, Jack Clark, Virginia Dignum, Vipin Kumar, James Landay, Terah Lyons, James Manyika, Juan Carlos Niebles, Yoav Shoham, Elham Tabassi, Russell Wald, Toby Walsh, Dan Weld
OpenAI Blog
Sep 8

The Work Now Within Reach

The article titled "The Work Now Within Reach" discusses how increasingly capable and affordable AI technologies can broaden the range of tasks that individuals and businesses can perform. It highlights the potential for AI to enhance productivity and enable more efficient, cost-effective growth. The piece emphasizes the expanding opportunities for leveraging AI to achieve greater work outcomes.

OpenAI Blog
Feb 19, 2019

AI safety needs social scientists

We’ve written a paper arguing that long-term AI safety research needs social scientists to ensure AI alignment algorithms succeed when actual humans are involved. Properly aligning advanced AI systems with human values requires resolving many uncertainties related to the psychology of human rationality, emotion, and biases.