Sam Altman predicts OpenAI will achieve AGI by year-end, launches Astra agent
thesaraharminta · x · 2026-08-26
Sam Altman told TIME that OpenAI is on track to achieve AGI by the end of this year. He also revealed that the promised automated research intern is now up and running, named Astra.
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