# AI reshapes freelance work demand

> AI shifts freelance work demands with new skills and larger budgets.
- Title: AI reshapes freelance work demand · OpenAI | Shortify
- Summary: AI shifts freelance work demands with new skills and larger budgets. AI-related freelance projects now require more diverse skills, combine tasks in new…
- Keywords: freelance work, upwork, chatgpt, freelance projects, budgets, skill combinations, work demand, OpenAI
- Source: OpenAI — https://openai.com/index/ai-effect-on-freelance-work
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: ai, freelance work, upwork, chatgpt, freelance projects, budgets, skill combinations, work demand, technology
## New research on freelance shifts
OpenAI and Upwork research shows changing freelance work demand as AI grows.
## Freelance market share changes
38% of skilled U.S. knowledge workers freelance, generating $1.5 trillion in 2024 earnings.
## ChatGPT vs. Upwork tasks
Writing dominates ChatGPT use while video and animation dominate Upwork requests.
## AI shifts freelance tasks
43 of 63 work categories lost share on Upwork as AI use grew.
## AI in new work combinations
Clients request AI for chatbots, video, marketing, and app integration in single projects.
## Diverse AI projects
AI-related postings now include 21 tasks versus 15 in early 2023.
## Larger AI budgets
AI projects have larger fixed-price budgets and more hours of work than other projects.
## AI's impact on work
AI changes what clients hire freelancers to do and how projects are assembled.
## Key takeaway

AI-related freelance projects now require more diverse skills, combine tasks in new ways, and have larger fixed-price budgets.