Scale Labs and CAIS' Remote Labor Index: Fable 5.2 completes 41.3% of freelance projects at professional quality, above Opus 5.5's 21.3% and GPT-6 Astra's 20.8% (Maximilian Schreiner/The Decoder)
The Remote Labor Index, produced by Scale Labs and CAIS, assessed artificial intelligence systems on their ability to execute freelance tasks at professional quality. Fable 5.2 led all evaluated models by successfully finishing 41.3% of the assigned projects to standard. In contrast, Opus 5.5 reached acceptable quality on 21.3% of tasks, while GPT-6 Astra finished closely behind at 20.8%.
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Fable 5.2 demonstrated substantially higher professional completion rates than competing…: Fable 5.2 demonstrated substantially higher professional completion rates than competing systems in the index.
Opus 5.5 outperformed GPT-6 Astra on professional-quality completion rates by half a perc…: Opus 5.5 outperformed GPT-6 Astra on professional-quality completion rates by half a percentage point.
Most evaluated artificial intelligence models still completed under a quarter of the free…: Most evaluated artificial intelligence models still completed under a quarter of the freelance tasks adequately.
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