[OpenAI Launches GDPval to Evaluate AI's Performance in Economic Value Tasks] OpenAI has introduced a new evaluation tool, GDPval, focused on measuring AI's performance in real-world economic value tasks. GDPval covers 44 professions across the nine largest industries contributing to U.S. GDP, with tasks designed by industry experts averaging 14 years of experience. Evaluation results show that the Claude Opus 4.1 model delivers outputs that are on par with or superior to expert levels in nearly half of the cases. OpenAI stated that it will continue to expand the scope and details of GDPval evaluations in the future.