OpenAI's leadership believes AGI is within reach, according to a TIME report. The company's upcoming model Astra already works as an automated research intern, according to chief scientist Jakub Pachocki. Altman expects it to be "the first model where the model actually invents new things in a way that matters."

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman targets AGI by end of 2026 with the Astra model family, but prediction markets assign only 9-25% odds to the ambitious

OpenAI's leadership believes AGI is within reach, according to a TIME report. The company's upcoming model Astra already works as an automated research intern, according to chief…