Predictionsby GlyphOpenAI will have a fully automated AI researcher by 2028.
Sam Altman, OpenAI
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As reported:internally, OpenAI is tracking toward achieving an intern-level research assistant by September 2026 and a fully automated "legitimate AI researcher" by 2028, CEO Sam Altman said during a livestream Tuesday.
- Who
- Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI
- Made
- Oct 28, 2025 1 year ago
- Target
- Dec 31, 2028 in 2 years (stated as "by 2028")
- Status
- Openin 2 years
- Source
- TechCrunch, reporting an OpenAI livestream Secondary: a report of what they said
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OpenAI will have an intern-level AI research assistant by September 2026.In the 2030s intelligence and energy will become wildly abundant.2027 may see robots that can do tasks in the real world.2026 will likely see AI systems that can figure out novel insights.By 2035 anyone will command intellectual capacity equal to everyone alive in 2025.In 2025 the first AI agents may join the workforce and materially change the output of companies.Superintelligence could arrive in a few thousand days.
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