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Automation jumps from 2.5% to 16.1% in eight months
Jul 8, 2026SOURCE: offworldnews.ai
SO WHAT
The window for human freelancers is narrowing faster than institutions can price it, and the old labor market is starting to misread capability as a temporary anomaly.
In November 2025, the top AI could finish 2.5% of paid freelance projects at client-acceptable quality. Eight months later, that share reached 16.1%, a sharp phase transition in online labor.
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