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Morning Edition · Thursday, September 3, 2026Published at 2:26 AM EDT · New York
Altman Says He Now Thinks Near-Term Superintelligence Is Possible, a Year After Doubting It
The OpenAI chief executive paired the statement with an explicit hedge, saying he is not confident it will happen and is describing the speed of progress rather than a forecast.
The Telegram channel AI Post quoted OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman saying that a year ago he did not think the field was on a short-term trajectory to superintelligence and that he now thinks it may happen, followed immediately by a qual…
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