The comments come amid increased attention on a global AI race between the U.S. and China.

OpenAI has experienced a series of abrupt resignations among its leadership and key personnel since November 2023. From co-founders Ilya Sutskever and John Schulman to Jan Leike, the former head of the company’s “Super Alignment” team,

While OpenAI has not released a major ChatGPT upgrade like GPT-5, some people think it might be close to building AGI and superintelligence.

In a series of posts on X, Steven Adler - who has been working on AI safety for four years - described his journey as a "wild ride with lots of chapters".

We’ve just got to hope that it doesn’t decide to wipe us out. Not to worry you, but Geoffory Hinton, often referred to as the ‘Godfather of AI,’ recently upped his odds of technology wiping out humanity to 20%.

His remarks come as DeepSeek R1, a Chinese AI language model, recently overtook ChatGPT on Apple’s App Store rankings in the US and continues to climb in India. The Hangzhou-based DeepSeek, backed by Tencent, has drawn attention for its low-cost AI services, claiming superior performance in reasoning and coding at a fraction of OpenAI’s pricing.

DeepSeek’s R1 AI model competes with OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model across math, coding, and science on an even playing field at 3% of the cost.

Adler's comments come at a time when the AI landscape is being reshaped by new players. DeepSeek, a Chinese AI firm, has recently captured headlines with its AI chatbot, showcasing capabilities that rival those of leading Western companies like OpenAI, but at a significantly lower cost of $6 million as opposed to OpenAI's more than $6 billion.

Altman said that a project like Stargate might not have been possible with "a different president."

With speculation online about OpenAI having reached the AGI stage of ChatGPT development, Sam Altman says that's not what's happening.

Here's what OpenAI's o1 had to say about AI trends this year. Just how many there are is a testament to AI’s general-purpose value.

DeepSeek is making waves with its cost-effective and powerful AI models, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman praising the Chinese AI startup's AI advancements.