#artificial general intelligence

#artificial general intelligence

As a journalist who covers AI, I hear from countless people who seem utterly convinced that ChatGPT, Claude, or some other chatbot has achieved "sentience." Or "consciousness." Or-my personal favorite-"a mind of its own." The Turing test was aced a while back, yes, but unlike rote intelligence, these things are not so easily pinned down. Large language models will claim to think for themselves, even describe inner torments or profess undying loves, but such statements don't imply interiority.

As AI advances, so too does the desperation of those trying to stop it. Two men, worried about the threat AI poses to humanity's future, are now on hunger strike outside the offices of Anthropic and DeepMind. For Guido Reichstadter, a 45-year-old activist, Sunday marked a week of protest without food. Reichstadter told Business Insider he plans to remain until the company responds to his concerns about the direction of AI development.

OpenAI unveiled GPT-5, marking it as the most advanced AI model yet, featuring increased general intelligence and usability to aptly manage user requests.

Games provide a clear, unambiguous signal of success. Their structured nature and measurable outcomes make them the perfect testbed for evaluating models and agents. They force models to demonstrate many skills including strategic reasoning, long-term planning, and dynamic adaptation against an intelligent opponent, providing a robust signal of their general problem-solving intelligence.

OpenAI researcher Jason Wei will join Meta's new Superintelligence Lab alongside Hyung Won Chung as part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg's efforts to accelerate progress toward AGI.

"If this is the last invention of humankind, then all bets are off. Different people will have different judgments on what that is, and when that is."