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OpenAI's Economic Research Team, in research with Upwork, finds that AI is reshaping demand in the freelance market: traditional service categories are losing share, while AI-related projects bundle multiple capabilities and command larger budgets and more hours. Because freelance contracts are short and requirements shift quickly, the market can signal AI-driven structural change earlier than economy-wide employment data.
A joint study by OpenAI's Economic Research Team and Upwork finds that AI is reshaping demand in the freelance market: traditional service categories are losing share, while AI-related projects command larger budgets, longer hours and broader skill combinations. Because freelance contracts are short and requirements shift quickly, the data can signal AI's labor-market impact earlier than economy-wide employment statistics.