Microsoft and OpenAI have a financial definition of AGI: Report

According to a new report from Microsoft and OpenAI, the startup has a very specific, internal definition of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Information. And by that definition, OpenAI is years away from reaching it.

Last year, the two companies reportedly signed an agreement stating that OpenAI only gets AGI when it develops artificial intelligence systems that can generate at least $100 billion in revenue. This is far from the strict technical and philosophical definition of AGI that many expect.

OpenAI will reportedly lose billions of dollars this year, and the startup is telling investors It will not be profitable until 2029.

This is an important detail because Microsoft the startup loses access to OpenAI technology when it arrives AGI is a nebulous term it means different things to everyone. Some have speculated that OpenAI will announce AGI sooner rather than later to unseat Microsoft, but this deal means Microsoft could have access to OpenAI models for a decade or more.

Last week some debated whether or not OpenAI o3 model It was a meaningful step towards AGI. Although o3 can perform better than other AI models, it also comes with significant computational overheadthis is bad for OpenAI and Microsoft’s definition of profit-centric AGI.