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August 29, 2026

Altman says OpenAI expects to hit internal AGI bar by year end, cites 'AGI-like' model behaviour

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Saturday 29 August 2026

Transformative AI
Altman says OpenAI expects to hit internal AGI bar by year end, cites 'AGI-like' model behaviour
Sam Altman told TIME magazine, in a profile published on 26 August, that OpenAI expects to have an internal system meeting his personal definition of artificial general intelligence by the end of the year, though the company is "not quite yet" there.

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