‘Investing in OpenAI is high risk’: ChatGPT maker issues stark warning to investors

OpenAI, the company behind popular generative AI chatbot ChatGPT, has warned its investors that that they could lose their investment or may not see any returns in a post-AGI world. The company further stated that it may be difficult to know what kind of role money will play in a world AGI has been achieved. 

"It may be difficult to know what role money will play in a post-AGI world." reads a waring on OpenAI website, first reported by Business Insider. 

"Investing in OpenAI global, LLC is a high-risk investment. Investors could lose their capital contribution and not see any return," it adds.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's recent remarks had also caused quite a stir when he suggested that AI industry may be in a bubble. 

"Are we in a phase where investors as a whole are overexcited about AI? My opinion is yes." Altman told journalists last week.

In an interaction with CNBC, Altman further stated that foundation models may have already hit saturation and they may not get better in the future.

"The models have already saturated the chat use case. They're not going to get much better... And maybe they're going to get worse." Altman stated.

Meanwhile, OpenAI finalized a $40 billion funding round from Softbank at a $300 billion valuation. OpenAI employees are also reportedly planning to sell their $6 billion worth in shares at a $500 billion valuation.

Not only is their no agreed upon definition of AGI, there is also no confirmed timeline on when this hypothetical stage will be reached with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has earlier predicted that AGI is still 5-10 years away while others like Anthropic CEO Dario Amodedi state that we could see some form of AGI by 2026.