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The frontier of AI performance on real-world freelance work automation has more than quadrupled in under eight months, with Fable 5 reaching 16.1% success versus lower scores from GPT-5.5 and Opus 4.8.
CAIS and Scale Labs researchers report that among three frontier models tested in July 2026, GPT-5.5, Opus 4.8, and Fable 5 scored 6.3%, 8.3%, and 16.1% respectively on end-to-end freelance tasks, showing rapid capability growth. ✦ AI generated
CAIS/Scale Labs researchers · Import AI · 2026-07-06 · original ↗
The frontier has more than quadrupled in under eight months, a concrete signal of how quickly economically capable AI agents are advancing
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extends → AI systems' ability to complete end-to-end online freelance work success has more than quadrupled in under eight months, from 2.5% at the Remote Labor Index's October 2025 launch to 16.1% by July 2026.Center for AI Safety / Scale researchers · Import AIsupports → AI systems are expanding their economically relevant capabilities faster than humans are expanding their comparative advantages, so person-light, AI-heavy organizations will increasingly out-compete unaugmented humans.Jack Clark · Import AI