AGI was tech’s holy grail. Now even its biggest champions are hedging. What gives?

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AGI was tech’s holy grail. Now even its biggest champions are hedging. What gives?

fortune.com/2025/08/25/tech-agi-hype-vibe-shift-superpowered-ai

Once upon a time—meaning, um, as recently as earlier this year—Silicon Valley couldn’t stop talking about AGI.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote in January “we are now confident we know how to build AGI.” This is after he told a Y Combinator vodcast in late 2024 that AGI might be achieved in…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-08-25 14:18:24.513000.