Confusion over whether or not OpenAI’s o3-mini has reached the major milestone of artificial general intelligence (AGI) or not deepened on Monday following a post on X by CEO Sam Altman that completely contradicts what he said two weeks ago in an interview with Bloomberg.

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has watered down fans’ wild online speculation about his company’s capabilities following rumors the company was close to superintelligence. This followed excitement among fans as rumors circulated online that the ChatGPT maker had achieved General Artificial Intelligence (AGI) behind closed doors.

"Cut your expectations by 100x," says Sam Altman, who also recently predicted superintelligence was just "a few thousand days" away

While OpenAI has not released a major ChatGPT upgrade like GPT-5, some people think it might be close to building AGI and superintelligence.

The OpenAI CEO recently published a blog post reflecting on AI progress, as well as his brief ouster from the company.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took to social media today to clarify that his startup, which ignited the AI race with ChatGPT, has not yet built AGI.

OpenAI’s newest, most performant model, announced in December, has passed the ARC-AGI test, purportedly outperforming most humans. Now Sam Altman says the company is looking to go far beyond that.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has clarified that the company has not yet achieved Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), despite swirling rumours about a potential launch, some fuelled by his own recent blog post.

Sam Altman has told OpenAI fans to lower their expectations after rumors the company had achieved AGI went viral on X.