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Sam Altman Sets Internal OpenAI Goals: Automated AI Research Intern by September 2026, True AI Researcher by March 2028
In a post-livestream update, Sam Altman revealed OpenAI has set internal goals to build an automated AI research intern running on hundreds of thousands of GPUs by September 2026, and a 'true automated AI researcher' by March 2028. He acknowledged OpenAI may totally fail at these goals but framed them as directionally serious targets — the most specific public timeline any frontier lab CEO has attached to AI self-improvement milestones. This positions 2028 as Altman's personal bet on when the AI-researches-AI loop closes.
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