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Nov 9, 2026 29 min

Sam Altman "AGI by December"

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🚀 Try Seedance 2.5 on Higgsfield first: https://higgsfield.ai/seedance/2.5?utm_source=yt&utm_medium=social&utm_category=gr&utm_creator=WesRoth&utm_content_type=ieNew users get 5 free generations after linking a credit card. Offer ends Tuesday.______________________________________________Build your own AI Second Brain (my video):https://youtu.be/cwf2vEAigKATIME — Inside OpenAI's Reboot:https://time.com/article/2026/08/26/openai-sam-altman-interview/OpenAI — The Hugging Face incident and the road ahead:https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-incident-and-the-road-ahead/METR/Redwood — Independent investigation of the OpenAI/Hugging Face incident:https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation/Hugging Face — Technical intrusion timeline:https://huggingface.co/blog/agent-intrusion-technical-timelineOpenAI — Decision to end model access through Cursor:https://openai.com/index/our-decision-on-cursor-following-its-acquisition-by-spacex/TechCrunch — Reported Nvidia/Hugging Face acquisition:https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/nvidia-closes-in-on-hugging-face-acquisition/WikiSkill paper and figures:https://arxiv.org/html/2608.27454WikiSkill PDF:https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.27454Anthropic research overview and charts:https://www.anthropic.com/research/automated-researchers-mitigate-alignment-failuresFull technical report:https://alignment.anthropic.com/2026/automated-alignment-researchers/Earlier automated weak-to-strong researcher project:https://alignment.anthropic.com/2026/automated-w2s-researcher/Some claims concern unreleased models and fast-moving reports. Treat release timing, internal model names, and acquisition status as provisional until the companies confirm them publicly.______________________________________________CHAPTERS00:00 OpenAI says internal AGI could arrive this year02:48 Sponsored: Seedance 2.5 on Higgsfield05:55 OpenAI and AGI11:20 Google's WikiSkill17:45 Claude becomes an autonomous alignment researcher______________________________________________My Links 🔗➡️ Twitter: https://x.com/WesRoth➡️ AI Newsletter: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribeWant to work with me?Brand, sponsorship & business inquiries: [email protected]______________________________________________#ai #openai #llm

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