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Sam Altman :‘AGI in 2026’, just as Models Start to [Mis]Train Themselves

AI Explained · Programming & Tech · 23 min · 210 thousand views · published 2026-08-27

First, a Time Magazine spread has Sam Altman declaring AGI is imminent, at the same time as we get two bombshell reports, from OpenAI and ME

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