Founder TalksSam Altman × TED · Apr 12, 2025 · 0:47:00
Sam Altman at TED 2025: Agents, Superintelligence & ChatGPT
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Why it matters
At TED 2025, Sam Altman discusses how ChatGPT became an agent platform, the new AI economy, and his candid view on the superintelligence timeline. A public-facing but information-dense look at OpenAI's 2025 strategy.
Key takeaways
- Agents are the next platform: AI moves from answering to doing.
- ChatGPT growth and product philosophy: make it useful first, monetize later.
- A relatively optimistic but hedged superintelligence timeline.
- The AI economy: falling costs create new value distribution.
- Openness vs safety: OpenAI's balance.
Original video
- Speaker
- Sam Altman × TED
- Channel
- TED
- Venue
- TED 2025
- Date · Duration
- Apr 12, 2025 · 0:47:00
OpenAI's Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence
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