Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the developer of the ChatGPT chatbot, predicted that artificial intelligence will surpass human capabilities when such systems possess “infinite and perfect memory.”
He stated in an interview on the “Big Technology Podcast” that the development he looks forward to most is enabling AI to “remember every single detail of your entire life,” confirming that his company plans to reach this stage by 2026.
OpenAI and other companies are working to improve AI capabilities in the areas of reasoning and thinking.
Altman said: “Even if you have the best personal assistant in the world, they cannot remember every word you’ve ever said in your life, they cannot read every document you write, they cannot follow all your daily work and remember every small detail, they cannot be that involved in your life. No human possesses infinite and perfect memory.”
He added: “But AI will definitely be able to do that. We talk about this a lot, as memory is currently still very primitive and in its early stages.”
Altman’s comments came weeks after reports indicated he declared a “code red” within his company following Google’s launch of the latest versions of its Gemini program.
In November, Google described the Gemini model as ushering in a “new era” of AI after achieving record results in a number of tests.
However, Altman downplayed the severity of the threat posed by “Gemini 3,” saying: “It’s good to be cautious and move quickly when a potential competitive threat emerges. The same thing happened to us before, and happened earlier this year with DeepSeek and Gemini 3. It hasn’t had, so far, the impact we feared, but it revealed some weaknesses in our products and strategies, and we are addressing that quickly.”
OpenAI currently has about 800 million users, according to the company, representing 71 percent of the AI applications market share.
OpenAI
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory founded in 2015 with the mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. It is known for developing advanced AI models like GPT and DALL-E, and it transitioned from a non-profit to a “capped-profit” structure in 2019 to attract capital for its ambitious research goals.
ChatGPT
ChatGPT is an AI language model developed by OpenAI, first released to the public in November 2022. It is built on the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) architecture, which represents a significant advancement in large language models trained on vast datasets to generate human-like text.
Big Technology Podcast
The Big Technology Podcast is a media production focused on exploring the impact and evolution of major tech companies and innovations. It was launched to provide in-depth analysis and interviews with industry insiders, chronicling contemporary technological trends and their societal effects.
Google
Google is an American multinational technology company founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. It is best known for its search engine, which organizes the world’s information and makes it universally accessible and useful. The company’s name is derived from “googol,” a mathematical term for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros, reflecting its founders’ mission to manage vast amounts of web data.
Gemini
Gemini is a prominent cultural and entertainment complex located in Moscow, Russia, which opened in 2014. It is known for its modern architecture and houses a large multiplex cinema, restaurants, and retail spaces, serving as a major leisure destination. The site was developed as part of the city’s urban renewal efforts in the early 21st century.
Gemini 3
Gemini 3 was the first crewed mission of NASA’s Gemini program, launched on March 23, 1965, with astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young aboard. It was a three-orbit flight primarily designed to test the spacecraft’s maneuverability and systems in preparation for future Apollo missions to the Moon.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek is a large language model AI assistant developed by the Chinese company DeepSeek (深度求索). It was created to provide helpful, harmless, and honest conversational AI capabilities, with its initial versions released in 2023 and 2024.
