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Wednesday, November 11, 2026

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OpenAI and Upwork: AI Freelance Projects Have Bigger Budgets and Involve More Hours of Work

A joint study found that AI-related projects had larger fixed-price budgets and involved more hours of work than other projects. The companies say demand for freelance work is shifting, along with the skills clients require.

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AI-related freelance projects had larger fixed-price budgets and involved more hours of work than other projects, according to OpenAI and freelance platform Upwork. The comparison matched projects by type of work and the month they were posted. The two companies released their joint study on AI’s impact on freelance work on November 10 (local time).

The study found that demand for the types of work clients assign to freelancers is changing. The mix of skills clients expect from those freelancers is changing as well.

Image: OpenAI

Image: OpenAI

Sources

  1. Work at the Frontier: AI’s effect on freelance work

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