Sam Altman Predicts Internal AGI by Year-End; Anthropic Targets 2027
haider1 · x · 2026-09-01
The author suggests that Q4 2026 will be a pivotal time for AI, citing several industry developments:
- Model Performance: Anthropic's 5.6 Sol reportedly made "computer use" reliable for the first time. Fable 5 remains a top public model despite being trained in February. Astra and Fable 5.1 are upcoming.
- AGI Timeline:
- Sam Altman expects OpenAI to achieve an internal AGI-level system by the end of this year.
- Dario Amodei predicts that a "country of geniuses in a datacenter" could emerge in late 2026 or early 2027.
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