Microsoft and OpenAI have a really particular, inside definition of synthetic common intelligence (AGI) primarily based on the startup’s income, based on a brand new report from The Data. And by this definition, OpenAI is a few years away from reaching it.
The 2 firms reportedly signed an settlement final yr stating OpenAI has solely achieved AGI when it develops AI techniques that may generate at the least $100 billion in income. That’s removed from the rigorous technical and philosophical definition of AGI many anticipate.
This yr, OpenAI is reportedly set to lose billions of {dollars}, and the startup tells buyers it received’t flip a revenue till 2029.
This is a crucial element as a result of Microsoft loses entry to OpenAI’s know-how when the startup reaches AGI, a nebulous time period that means various things to everybody. Some have speculated OpenAI will declare AGI sooner moderately than later to field out Microsoft, however this settlement means Microsoft might have entry to OpenAI’s fashions for a decade or extra.
Final week, some debated whether or not OpenAI’s o3 mannequin was a significant step towards AGI. Whereas o3 could carry out higher than different AI fashions, it additionally comes with vital compute prices, which bodes ailing for OpenAI and Microsoft’s profit-centric definition of AGI.