Sam Altman denies rumours of OpenAI launching AGI next month

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has dismissed rumours that the company is set to deploy Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) next month.

“Twitter hype is out of control again. We are not gonna deploy AGI next month, nor have we built it, ” he said in a post on X.



AGI will allow AI systems to tackle complex tasks just like humans, while using various tools.

He also emphasised in the post that they have some “cool stuff” coming up and to cut expectations “100x”.

Earlier this month, Altman had said in a blog post that the company has “transitioned into the next paradigm of models that can do complex reasoning,” marking the ongoing shift toward AGI.

At last year's New York Times DealBook Summit, he suggested that AGI could emerge within this year. He reiterated this in the blog as well, stating that we might soon see the first AI agents "join the workforce" and significantly impact company output.

He had also talked about how the ChatGPT maker is looking to develop superintelligence — AI systems with cognitive abilities far surpassing human capabilities -- across every domain, from scientific creativity to social skills.