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Carl Franzen@AI News | VentureBeat
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has recently shared his predictions about the advancements expected in the field of AI, specifically regarding GPT-5 and the next two years of AI development. During a panel discussion, Altman stated that the progress from February 2025 to February 2027 will be even more impressive than the advancements of the last two years. He expressed strong confidence in AI's potential to accelerate scientific discovery, predicting AI systems will compress 10 years of scientific progress into a single year, potentially leading to breakthroughs in climate change and disease treatment.
Altman also made a point of explicitly referencing GPT-5 and its capabilities. Altman posted on X that OpenAI is working toward a "magic unified intelligence," a single reasoning engine, rather than multiple AI models. No more choosing between GPT-4, GPT-4o, o3-mini, or any other variant. One model to rule them all. In a recent blog post, Altman outlined three observations about the economics of AI, and warned that AI could lead to economic inequality. He suggested exploring ideas like giving everyone a 'compute budget' to use AI or relentlessly driving down the cost of intelligence. Recommended read:
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Elon Musk is leading a consortium of investors in a bid to acquire OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, for a reported $97.4 billion. This move comes amid a longstanding feud between Musk and OpenAI founder Sam Altman, stemming from Musk's departure from the company in 2019 due to potential conflicts of interest with Tesla's AI development for self-driving cars. The offer aims to buy the biggest name in AI and potentially merge it with Musk’s own AI firm, xAI, which makes the chatbot Grok.
Musk's motivations are complex, potentially driven by a desire to ensure AI advancements benefit everyone, as initially intended when he co-founded OpenAI as a non-profit in 2015. However, his actions could also be interpreted as a power play to gain control over the organization he helped create. The bid could delay or complicate OpenAI’s growth and conversion to for profit as Sam Altman has control of the OpenAI’s board and has already publicly rejected Musk’s offer. OpenAI, meanwhile, is pushing forward with its ambitious Stargate project, aiming to build AI supercomputing data centers. Despite this it faces concerns over funding, energy consumption, and competition from other AI research firms. Recommended read:
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@siliconangle.com
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Retro Biosciences, a startup focused on extending human lifespan, is reportedly raising $1 billion in Series A funding. The company, backed by Sam Altman, aims to use artificial intelligence to develop therapies that could extend human life by a decade. This funding round will be used to advance their drug development programs, leveraging AI-driven healthcare research. Retro Biosciences is aiming to significantly accelerate the process of identifying new treatments.
The startup is utilizing a custom AI model developed with OpenAI called GPT-4b micro. This model is trained on data related to proteins, particularly Yamanaka factors, which are crucial for turning skin cells into stem cells. This AI is designed to enhance the effectiveness of these proteins which is a key area of focus for longevity research. Retro’s research uses a method called few-shot prompting which is intended to boost the quality of AI outputs and accelerate the pace of discovery in this complex area. Recommended read:
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Brian Wang@NextBigFuture.com
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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has adjusted his expectations for the timeline of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). In his 2025 essay "Reflections," Altman suggests that AI takeoff, the point at which AI systems rapidly improve and potentially achieve AGI, is more likely to occur within a few years, rather than months or a decade. This indicates a shift from his earlier perspective, expressing increased confidence in the potential for rapid advancements in AI technology.
He also attempted to lower expectations of OpenAI's next moves. This comes amidst much vague AI hype, where he noted on Twitter that the hype is out of control. There are many unknowns and many things that are still not understood. Recommended read:
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