OpenAI's Ambitious Goals
According to Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company aims to have a "legitimate AI researcher" by 2028.
To achieve this goal, OpenAI is focusing on two! key strategies:
- continued algorithmic innovation
- dramatically scaling up "test time compute"
OpenAI is tracking toward achieving an intern-level research assistant by September 2026 and a fully automated “legitimate AI researcher” by 2028
Author's summary: OpenAI targets 2028 for AI researcher milestone.