Agents predictions
5 predictions, the next due Sep 2026. AI agents that do work on their own: assistants, researchers, coworkers.
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5 of 5 predictions, newest first
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| Oct 28, 2025 | OpenAI will have a fully automated AI researcher by 2028.Open · Unverified · Sam Altman, OpenAI · target Dec 2028 | Dec 2028by 2028 | Agents | Open |
| Oct 28, 2025 | OpenAI will have an intern-level AI research assistant by September 2026.Open · Unverified · Sam Altman, OpenAI · target Sep 2026 | Sep 2026by September 2026 | Agents | Open |
| Oct 17, 2025 | Making AI agents work like an employee will take about a decade.Open · Andrej Karpathy, Eureka Labs · target Oct 2035 | Oct 2035about a decade | Agents | Open |
| Jan 10, 2025 | In 2025 Meta and others will have an AI that can work like a midlevel engineer.Due for review · Unverified · Mark Zuckerberg, Meta · target Dec 2025 | Dec 2025probably in 2025 | Coding | Due for review |
| Jan 6, 2025 | In 2025 the first AI agents may join the workforce and materially change the output of companies.Due for review · Sam Altman, OpenAI · target Dec 2025 | Dec 2025in 2025 | Agents | Due for review |
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