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

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

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.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has addressed rumors suggesting that the company is close to achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). On Monday, he took to X, formerly Twitter, to dispel claims that OpenAI had developed AGI,

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has refuted the claim that OpenAI’s o3-mini has reached the milestone of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) in an X post

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

Alan Thompson, an expert in artificial intelligence and former chairman of Mensa International, runs the Conservative Countdown to AGI web page, and has increased the countdown to achieving AGI as 88% complete in light of Altman’s latest comments, along with the release of Nvidia Cosmos for training humanoid robots.

OpenAI will unveil new PhD-level super agent AI to US officials in a closed-door meeting on January 30. These AI models are considered a generational leap for the technology and can handle complex tasks such as managing a global supply chain.

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.