Over the past few months, speculation about the arrival of artificial general intelligence (AGI) has been swirling, fueled by statements and rumors from industry leaders. Top AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic are rumored to be nearing the AGI benchmark—a milestone where AI systems achieve human-like general intelligence.

With speculation online about OpenAI having reached the AGI stage of ChatGPT development, Sam Altman says that's not what's happening.

The OpenAI CEO recently published a blog post reflecting on AI progress, as well as his brief ouster from the company.

Altman stated that AGI is not something OpenAI is ready to release anytime soon. He emphasised that the hype on social media had gotten out of hand and assured users that while OpenAI had exciting developments underway,

Confusion over whether or not OpenAI’s o3-mini has reached the major milestone of artificial general intelligence (AGI) or not deepened on Monday following a post on X by CEO Sam Altman that completely contradicts what he said two weeks ago in an interview with Bloomberg.

"Cut your expectations by 100x," says Sam Altman, who also recently predicted superintelligence was just "a few thousand days" away

Sam Altman has told OpenAI fans to lower their expectations after rumors the company had achieved AGI went viral on X.

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has watered down fans’ wild online speculation about his company’s capabilities following rumors the company was close to superintelligence. This followed excitement among fans as rumors circulated online that the ChatGPT maker had achieved General Artificial Intelligence (AGI) behind closed doors.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took to social media today to clarify that his startup, which ignited the AI race with ChatGPT, has not yet built AGI.