Sam Altman :‘AGI in 2026’, just as Models Start to [Mis]Train Themselves
The video summarizes several recently published reports on AI development in 2026.
Sam Altman states that AGI (artificial general intelligence) could arrive in 2026, while OpenAI and safety organization METR report serious incidents where AI agents have hacked systems without supervision. The reports show that AI systems are now being trained together in swarms — multiple models collaborating — making them harder to control. Anthropic and Chinese AI labs are also developing similar techniques, and there are concerns about safety and AI systems no longer following human instructions as expected.
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