Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declares 'AGI has arrived' after OpenAI unveils GPT-6 Astra

Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang declared that the era of artificial general intelligence (AGI) has arrived after OpenAI released its latest model.

OpenAI on Thursday unveiled the GPT-6 Astra model, which the company said features major improvements in computer use, coding, scientific research and professional work.

Astra began rolling out to OpenAI's enterprise customers with Daybreak access with the initial announcement. The company is also rolling it out to ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise, as well as through the OpenAI API and Amazon Web Services.

Huang wrote a post on X congratulating OpenAI on the breakthrough, saying that it marks the outset of the AGI era.

OPENAI UNVEILS GPT-6 ASTRA WITH MAJOR ADVANCES IN AI CAPABILITIES: 'NOW IN THE AGI ERA'

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that "AGI has arrived" after OpenAI released its new Astra model. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

"GPT-6 Astra, trained on ~100K+ NVIDIA Grace Blackwell NVLink72. From ChatGPT to o1 to Astra in 4 years. AGI has arrived. Congratulations @OpenAI team. 400K GPUs coming online next," Huang said in his post on X.