Talk of AI agents is everywhere in Davos. AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio warned against them.
Indeed, AGI will most likely be able to reason, learn, and innovate in any task. It will also not only match but outperform humans in its cognitive capabilities – and the milestone might even be reached this year, as the eternal AI optimist, Open AI CEO Sam Altman argues.
Business Insider's diary takes you behind the scenes on day three of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
OpenAI Inc. CFO Sarah Friar said the company had "a big breakthrough" around reasoning models in 2024. "We do internally feel that we have a path towards AGI," Friar told Bloomberg's Shirin Ghaffary.
"Half of employers plan to re-orient their business in response to AI," writes the WEF in the report. "Two-thirds plan to hire talent with specific AI skills, while 40% anticipate reducing their workforce where AI can automate tasks."
On Tuesday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicted that AI models may surpass human capabilities "in almost everything" within two to three years, according to a Wall Street Journal interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
A speech by the U.N. chief, economic growth potential in places like China and Russia, the challenges of artificial intelligence, and appearances by leaders from Spain to Malaysia are set to headline the agenda at the World Economic Forum's annual event in Davos on Wednesday.
Business and nonprofit leaders participated in a wide-ranging TIME100 Talk at the World Economic Forum’s meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Andrew Ross Sorkin interviews Lynn Martin, CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, discussing global economic optimism, IPOs, tariffs, and the role of crypto markets.
Anthropic's CEO believes that AI can surpass most humans by 2027, but there are implications to this happening.
Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 23rd, 2025. Alexandr Wang, whose company Scale AI provides training data to key artificial intelligence players including OpenAI, Google and Meta, said Thursday that the AI race between the U.S. and China is an "AI war."