OpenAI says that its new model has reached the AI industry’s most sought-after milestone.
“Welcome to the AGI era,” Greg Brockman, the company’s president, said at the end of a press call announcing the arrival of OpenAI’s Astra model on Thursday.
AGI stands for artificial general intelligence, a fuzzy concept that nonetheless has become a core goal for AI development. OpenAI defines it as “highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work.” The company pitched Astra as a major research breakthrough and a shift in what’s possible to delegate to AI. It’s rolling out to customers this week.
Brockman has described…
