Sam Altman: OpenAI may reach AGI this year - by Alex Heath

Sam Altman: OpenAI may reach AGI this year What I learned during two weeks inside the company as it slowed frontier training and previewed its next major model, Astra. Alex Heath Aug 28, 2026 4 1 Share Yesterday, TIME and I published a cover story called “Inside OpenAI’s Reboot.” I spent two weeks at OpenAI’s San Francisco headquarters and spoke with more than 20 executives, investors, customers, and rivals. I went into the reporting process wanting to understand OpenAI’s last year, what allowed Anthropic to gain so much ground, and the internal mood a… Sign up to keep reading Sources Start reading Already a subscriber? Sign in Previous