Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared this weekend that “AGI has arrived” with the release of OpenAI’s newest model, GPT-6 Astra.
Huang, who has helmed the chipmaker for over three decades, made the comment on Sunday in a social media post praising the model’s release. AGI stands for artificial general intelligence, a vague term to describe the point at which AI is capable of performing intellectual tasks on par with or beyond the capabilities of a human.
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Reaching AGI has long been a goal of many AI companies.
The remarks come as several AI companies compete for better and better models and as AI usage proliferates. There have been fights over what AI will mean for the country’s labor force, and concerns about the data centers needed to support the growing technology.
OpenAI touts Astra as the world’s “most intelligent and aligned model.”
“GPT‑6 Astra brings together years of research and big bets across pre-training, reinforcement learning, and alignment,” the company said in a news release. “Astra is state-of-the-art on computer use, browsing, software engineering, cybersecurity, science, and professional work.”
Astra is rolling out this week to a limited number of organizations before ultimately becoming available to all ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users.
“Astra is our most aligned model, with substantial improvements in understanding user intent and model behavior—you can delegate tasks with greater confidence in Astra’s judgment,” the company said.
AI has become a major conduit for investment over the past few years and a central driver of the stock market’s growth.
In June, Jamie Cox, managing partner for Harris Financial Group, predicted to the Washington Examiner that the AI boom is about 80% responsible for recent gains in the market.
Nvidia and OpenAI have worked together.
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For instance, last month, OpenAI entered into a 20-year lease agreement with SB Energy and SoftBank Group that included a $105 billion financial guarantee from Nvidia to support a large-scale data center in Ohio.
That massive plant is planned to provide at least 8 gigawatts of electrical power. For comparison, the largest operating data center by power capacity is 1.563 gigawatts, located in Tennessee.
