An OpenAI employee has claimed that the company has already achieved Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), a milestone in AI development that signifies the creation of machines capable of understanding or learning any intellectual task that a human being can. This claim comes in the wake of the release of OpenAI's latest model, o1, which has been praised for its advanced reasoning capabilities. The employee, whose name has not been disclosed, stated, 'We have already achieved AGI. It’s even more clear with O1,' suggesting that the o1 model's capabilities are seen as evidence of AGI. However, there is skepticism regarding this claim, with some observers questioning the veracity of the statement and the implications of such an achievement being kept under wraps.