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February 3, 2026
Sam Altman kinda-sorta-almost declares AGI.
In the middle of a Forbes profile of Altman’s journey through the AI world — which is just astoundingly chaotic, when you see it all laid out in a row — Altman says that “we basically have built AGI, or very close to it.” Which, uh, okay! But then he changes his mind, sort of. From the story:
TL;DR
- Sam Altman initially suggested his company was close to achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).
- He later retracted the statement, calling it a "spiritual" rather than a literal observation.
- Altman now believes AGI will be reached through many medium-sized breakthroughs, not one large one.
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