OpenAI builds its answer to Grok Bot; researchers nervous about AI progress
steph_palazzolo · x · 2026-09-22
In this morning's AI Agenda newsletter, Amir reports on OpenAI's work to develop its answer to Grok Bot and its response to Instinct. The author also shares more on what OpenAI researchers have seen that makes them nervous about the pace of AI progress.
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