OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the company could achieve a fully autonomous “AI researcher” by 2028, capable of conducting large-scale scientific studies without human help.
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Intern-level AI by 2026, full researcher by 2028
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Jakub Pachocki, OpenAI’s Chief Scientist, says deep learning systems may be less than a decade away from superintelligence
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OpenAI recently became a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC), enabling greater funding flexibility
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The company plans to invest $1.4 trillion in infrastructure to support 30 gigawatts of AI computing power
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The OpenAI Foundation will own 26% of the for-profit entity and focus on AI safety and global research initiatives
Altman says these steps will help AI “contribute to human knowledge faster than any researcher ever could.”
Critics, however, warn about the ethical risks of fully autonomous systems handling scientific discovery.
Do you think creating an AI researcher brings us closer to scientific breakthroughs—or to losing human control over innovation?
