AI · AI today, November 10, 2026
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OpenAI and Upwork find broader AI projects with larger budgets
· Aster editorial team
AI-generated imageAn OpenAI and Upwork study found that AI-related freelance projects combine less common tasks and carry larger fixed-price budgets and more work hours than comparable postings. From early 2023 to late 2025, the mix of tasks in those postings became 45 % more diverse, equivalent to moving from about 15 equally common tasks to roughly 21. The authors caution that ChatGPT use alone does not explain the changes: 43 of 63 categories followed the main pattern, while 20 moved in the opposite direction.
Why it matters
The findings describe a reorganization of freelance work rather than uniform replacement of people by AI, and they come from data held by the two participating platforms.
For the technical crowd
AI-related postings listed 3.3 tasks on average, compared with 3.2 for other postings. The budget and hours analysis compares projects of the same type and posting month.
· Source: OpenAI
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