{
  "id": 3749451,
  "title": "Altman defends himself after admitting he got AI's speed wrong; blames society again",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/altman-defends-himself-after-admitting-he-got-ais-speed-wrong-blames",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-27T12:57:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/sam-altman-defends-his-agi-timeline-after-admitting-he-got-ais-speed-wrong-openai-ceo-blames-society-again-says-i-dont-think-i-was-/articleshow/133568701.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Days after admitting he misjudged how quickly AI would disrupt the economy, Sam Altman has pushed back at critics of his AGI timeline, saying on X that his capability predictions were \"actually quite good\". The OpenAI chief blames society and the economy for absorbing the technology slowly, not the technology itself. His defence follows a cover story in which Mark Chen put OpenAI at 80% of the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}