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On November 3, 2026, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said at the opening ceremony of the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) that AI is now smarter than top scientists most of the time. At the same event, he also previewed that the next-generation GPT product, which will conquer the Millennium Prize Problems, is about to launch. Separately, according to Rohan Paul, Altman said in the same speech that energy is AI's biggest challenge, arguing that "atoms are still atoms" and that the physical world on which power supply depends is difficult to change, and will become the dominant factor determining AI's cost and the scale it can create. Currently, these remarks have been reported by sources such as The Paper, and there have been no subsequent developments.
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Altman Teases: The Next-Generation GPT That Will Crack the Millennium Prize Problems Is Coming Soon, Says AI Is Already Smarter Than Top Scientists Most of the Time
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previewed at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference that the next-generation GPT product capable of cracking the Millennium Prize Problems is about to launch. He also judged that AI is now smarter than top scientists most of the time.
Rohan Paul
Sam Altman: Energy is AI's biggest challenge; atoms are still atoms
Speaking at the opening ceremony of ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi, Sam Altman said that energy is AI's biggest challenge, because "atoms are still atoms." He believes that more efficient models, robots that can boost chip fab efficiency and assemble racks will drive major progress in other areas, but the physical world on which power supply depends is hard to change, and this will become the dominant factor determining AI's cost, abundance, and the scale of what can be created.
Rohan Paul
Sam Altman: AI Intelligence Has Surpassed Top Scientists
Sam Altman said at the opening ceremony of ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi that at the beginning of this year, AI was mostly less capable than the smartest scientists, and now it is mostly smarter than them; previously, AI was mostly unable to take on white-collar work, and now it can complete many parts of it. He also emphasized that this statement is rough, that performance is unstable, and that it does not hold true in all respects.
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