According to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, artificial general intelligence, or “AGI,” is becoming a meaningless term as there are multiple definitions being used by companies and individuals. The term is losing its relevance considering the rapid advances being made in the artificial intelligence domain.
Altman told CNBC’s Squawk Box that he believes AGI is “not a super useful term.” He answered about this when asked whether the company’s latest GPT-5 model is any closer to achieving AGI. Previously, he did share that he believed AGI could be developed in the “reasonably close-ish future.”
Now that he thinks AGI is losing its meaning and relevance, it is only because multiple definitions are being associated with it and the nature of work is constantly changing.
“I think the point of all of this is it doesn’t really matter and it’s just this continuing exponential of model capability that we’ll rely on for more and more things.”
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10. Oklo Inc. (NYSE:OKLO)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 23
Oklo Inc. (NYSE:OKLO) is one of the 10 AI Stocks Investors Are Watching Right Now. On August 14, Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives reiterated an Outperform rating on the stock with an $80.00 price target.
The rating affirmation reflects optimism in Oklo’s long term vision, particularly as the Trump administration increases its focus on the AI revolution data center buildout powered by nuclear energy.
“Overall, we remain confident in OKLO’s long-term vision as the Trump Administration intensifies its focus on the AI Revolution data center buildout with plans to use nuclear energy to power the next 4th Industrial Revolution with the US DoD becoming an increasingly important customer/partner moving forward. We expect to hear further details on OKLO’s projects in the coming months.”
Oklo Inc. (NYSE:OKLO) is an advanced nuclear technology company that designs and develops fission power plants to provide reliable and commercial-scale energy to customers in the United States.
9. C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE:AI)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 24
C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE:AI) is one of the 10 AI Stocks Investors Are Watching Right Now. On August 13, Oppenheimer analyst Timothy Horan downgraded the stock from Outperform to Perform.
The rating downgrade comes amid C3.ai’s weaker-than-expected preliminary results for the first quarter of fiscal 2026. The firm noted also noted that CEO and founder Tom Siebel is stepping down due to health issues.
“We are downgrading C3.ai to Perform and removing our $45 price target following extremely weak preliminary 1Q26 results. The company significantly lowered revenue expectations for 1Q26, from ~$105M to ~$70M, implying a 35% sequential decline and a major concern given the recurring nature of its Subscription revenues, suggesting the services are not working as advertised. Non-GAAP operating loss was also increased, from -$29M to -$58M. CEO and founder Tom Siebel will be stepping down due to health issues. We are concerned that these results indicate secular weakness in underlying trends. The company is very difficult to forecast, but we are reducing estimates dramatically. Hopefully the earnings call provides more color.”
C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE:AI) is an enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) software company involved in building and operating enterprise-scale AI applications and accelerating digital transformation.
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