Sam Altman

What Is Artificial General Intelligence and Why It Matters to Business
What Is Artificial General Intelligence and Why It Matters to Business
January 13, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial general intelligence (AGI) represents what many consider the Holy Grail of AI: machines that can understand, learn and apply knowledge across different situations and...

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Meta Chief AI Scientist Slams Quest for Human-Level Intelligence
Meta Chief AI Scientist Slams Quest for Human-Level Intelligence
January 08, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Meta’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun on Wednesday (Jan. 8) criticized prevailing definitions of artificial general intelligence (AGI), arguing that continued scaling of text-based large...

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Sam Altman: OpenAI’s New Model Passes AGI Threshold
Sam Altman: OpenAI’s New Model Passes AGI Threshold
January 06, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says “AGI” (artificial general intelligence) has “become a very sloppy term.” In a lengthy interview with Bloomberg News published Sunday (Jan....

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OpenAI’s GPT-5 Model Reportedly Behind Schedule With Uncertain Future
OpenAI’s GPT-5 Model Reportedly Behind Schedule With Uncertain Future
December 22, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI’s new artificial intelligence (AI) effort is reportedly over budget, months behind schedule, and not certain to work. As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported...

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OpenAI Preps AI Model With Improved Humanlike Reasoning
OpenAI Preps AI Model With Improved Humanlike Reasoning
December 22, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI is reportedly readying an artificial intelligence (AI) model offering more evolved humanlike reasoning. The company’s o3 model devotes more time to computing an answer...

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OpenAI Pitches Its Usefulness to Trump Amid Musk Rivalry
OpenAI Pitches Its Usefulness to Trump Amid Musk Rivalry
December 15, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

There’s a new variable in the Sam Altman/Elon Musk rivalry: President-elect Donald Trump. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (Dec. 15), executives at Altman’s...

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OpenAI Aiming to Eliminate Microsoft AGI Rule to Boost Future Investment
OpenAI Aiming to Eliminate Microsoft AGI Rule to Boost Future Investment
December 08, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI could reportedly give Microsoft access to its as-yet-unrealized artificial general intelligence (AGI). As it stands now, the artificial intelligence (AI) startup has a provision...

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Elon Musk Sues to Stop OpenAI’s For-Profit Transformation
Elon Musk Sues to Stop OpenAI’s For-Profit Transformation
December 01, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk has reportedly taken legal action to halt OpenAI’s transformation to a for-profit company. The billionaire and his artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI have...

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OpenAI CEO: Computing Capacity Is Slowing Product Rollouts
OpenAI CEO: Computing Capacity Is Slowing Product Rollouts
November 03, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI’s CEO says a dearth of computing capacity is hindering his company’s product rollouts. “All of these models have gotten quite complex,” Sam Altman wrote...

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