# Sam Altman Tempers the Superintelligence Timeline: "Month 24, Not Very Much"

The OpenAI chief argues that even a broadly agreed superintelligence would change little in the immediate months after, against a public expecting rapid transformation.

- Published: 2026-08-01T05:44:51.300Z
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In remarks circulating on social channels, OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman offered a deliberately deflationary account of what a superintelligence breakthrough would mean in the near term. "Say in month 23 we have something everybody agre…

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