Morning Edition · Sunday, July 26, 2026Published at 1:32 AM EDT · New York
Altman Declares "We Are Now in the Singularity" as Scrutiny of Lab Rhetoric Grows
The OpenAI chief's statement comes the same week independent testers questioned vendor-run benchmarks, highlighting the gap between measurable capability and founder narrative.
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said in a July interview that "we are now in the singularity, this is the moment," describing the present as the arrival of a future he once discussed only speculatively. The remark, widely circulated aroun…
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