The artificial intelligence industry is on the verge of a major breakthrough. According to insiders, a leading company — likely OpenAI — will soon announce the creation of "Ph.D.-level super agents" capable of performing complex tasks with accuracy that surpasses human capabilities, Axios reports.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who has previously called the current era the The Intelligence Age, is planning to hold a private briefing for US government officials on January 30. Altman, who is attending the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, will discuss the potential applications and risks of new technologies.
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg has also previously spoken about the ability of AI to replace mid-level engineers. In a podcast with Joe Rogan, Zuckerberg noted that by 2025, Meta and other companies plan to introduce AI systems that will be able to autonomously write code and perform tasks traditionally performed by humans.
"[O]ver time, we'll get to the point where a lot of the code in our apps, and including the AI that we generate, is actually going to be built by AI engineers instead of people engineers," Zuckerberg stated.
Superagents are a significant step forward compared to existing models of generative AI. Unlike conventional AI, these tools are capable of solving complex multi-stage problems by synthesizing huge amounts of data to create solutions that can compete with human expertise.
Insiders claim that these tools have the potential to revolutionize the healthcare, education, and science sectors, allowing for in-depth research on an unprecedented scale.
However, the tendency of generative AI to "hallucinate" or invent information raises doubts about its reliability. Critics warn that if these shortcomings are not addressed, autonomous agents may not gain the trust of users.