[armonster]

I think what is much more plausible is that companies such as this one benefit greatly from being viewed as being close to, or on the way to AGI.

[travelalberta]

> Once AGI is declared by OpenAI, that declaration will now be verified by an independent expert panel.

I always like the phrase, "follow the money", in situations like this. Are OpenAI or Microsoft close to AGI? Who knows... Is there a monetary incentive to making you believe they are close to AGI? Absolutely. Take in this was the first bullet point in Microsoft's blog post.