Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, believes that we are currently in an AI bubble, given the hype surrounding AI by investors and investments. Altman made this statement during a call. the edge and a handful of other reporters on Thursday.
“Are we at a stage where investors in general are overly enthusiastic about AI? My sense is yes,” Altman said. “Is AI the most important thing for a long time? My opinion is also yes.”
He also lamented the sudden introduction of the GPT-5, the company’s latest AI model. “I think we completely missed some things during the launch,” Altman said.
When the GPT-5 was released earlier this year, it replaced all previous models, including the GPT-4o. This led to protests from fans who preferred 4o’s more talkative nature. In response, OpenAI has returned 40 users’ access to Plus.
Altman also expressed concern about the parasocial relationship that some people develop with his AI chatbot, but confirmed that ChatGPT will not become a sexbot.
700 million weekly users and counting
According to Altman, ChatGPT has 700 million weekly users, making it the fifth most popular website in the world. He predicts that ChatGPT will soon move up to third place, overtaking Instagram and Facebook, but behind Google and YouTube.
This popularity keeps OpenAI’s servers busy. The workload is so high that Altman admits that OpenAI cannot release better models than the ones it has already developed because the server capacity is not enough to keep up. According to the CEO, OpenAI will spend billions of dollars on data centers in the “not too distant future”.
Altman also mocked Elon Musk’s Grok, who posted one Complementary AI It was more brutal. “You’re definitely going to see some companies making Japanese anime sex robots,” Altman said. He argued that OpenAI wants to develop useful applications and not exploit applications that are in a vulnerable state of mind.
Investments in the development of artificial intelligence are greater than ever. Investments in Artificial intelligence has contributed more to US GDP than all consumer spending over the past two quartersaccording to Renaissance macro research. This is a shocking statistic and the first time such a figure has been recorded.
Google, Amazon, Meta and microsoft plan spending $364 billion for artificial intelligence by 2025 Only. This spending stimulates the economy as a whole and any change can have significant externalities.
The global tariffs imposed by the Trump administration have investors turning to software companies for incentives. protection as they focus less on importing and exporting goods. Analysts fear that artificial intelligence could create a huge financial bubble. If there was noise, the consequences could be enormous. can cause economic collapse.
Altman said that OpenAI will develop a brain-computer interface to compete with Elon Musk’s Neuralink, and that other applications besides ChatGPT are on the way. OpenAI is also interested in buying Chrome if the government forces Google to sell the popular browser.