Altman Expects a ‘Fast Take-off’, ‘Super-Agent’ Debuting Soon and DeepSeek R1 Out

OpenAI looks set to debut their Operator system, and some leaks are out. At the same time Deepseek R1 releases some numbers, and Sam Altman says he might have been wrong before, and now anticipates a 'fast take-off'.  Plus two papers to give you an idea of what a super-agent might be decent at doing, some more exclusive article analysis and much more. Who said anything else is happening today...80,000 Hours Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCafjal1QYJ3rb0Y9xZk1EzgSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WzJwXWBDnn4iZ7odKwDibAI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedChapters:00:00 - Introduction01:13 - Pro Cost and OpenAI Operator04:00 - Agent Benchmarks Being Targeted07:48 - Fast Take-off, Altman08:48 - Altman flip-flops10:02 - Deepseek R1 First ReactionAltman ‘100x expectations out of control’: https://x.com/sama/status/1881258443669172470OpenAI Operator Table: https://x.com/btibor91/status/1881285255266750564WebVoyager: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2401.13919OSWorld: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.07972Axios Exclusive 1 (SuperAgent): https://www.axios.com/2025/01/19/ai-superagent-openai-meta?s=09Axios Exclusive 2: https://www.axios.com/2025/01/18/biden-sullivan-ai-race-trump-chinaDeepseek R1 Numbers: https://x.com/deepseek_ai/status/1881318130334814301Does 1.5B outperform 3.5 Sonnet on Math?: https://x.com/reach_vb/status/1881319500089634954Deepseek R1 (deepseek-reasoner) Pricing: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing/Altman Fast Takeoff: https://x.com/tsarnick/status/1879100390840697191OpenAI Economic Blueprint: https://cdn.openai.com/global-affairs/ai-in-america-oai-economic-blueprint-20250113.pdfTarget is Long-horizon Tasks: https://x.com/karinanguyen_/status/1879576037249667520Support Regulations: https://www.techemails.com/p/elon-musk-and-openaihttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/technology/openai-altman-artificial-intelligence-regulation.htmlDonation: https://qz.com/sam-altman-donate-million-zuckerberg-bezos-donald-trump-1851721035Amodei on Regulations by 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugvHCXCOmm4‘Feel the AGI’: https://x.com/polynoamial?lang=enGPT-5 and o-series merger: https://x.com/sama/status/1880358749187240274o1 Thinks in Chinese: https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/14/openais-ai-reasoning-model-thinks-in-chinese-sometimes-and-no-one-really-knows-why/Non-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/