- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman believes that the next major breakthrough on the path to superhuman artificial intelligence will come from memory, not reasoning capabilities.
- Speaking on the Big Technology Podcast, he emphasized that future AI will possess “infinite, perfect memory.”
- According to Altman, current AI models, including the best personal assistants, are still severely limited in their memory capacity.
- AI currently cannot remember every detail of a user’s life, does not read and store all written documents, nor does it continuously track daily work.
- No human has perfect memory, but AI can achieve that level.
- OpenAI is aiming for this goal and expects to make significant progress in 2026.
- Altman admitted that AI memory is currently still “very crude, very early.”
- This view goes against the current trend, where most AI firms are focusing on improving reasoning capabilities for LLMs.
- The statement comes in the context of OpenAI facing increasingly intense competitive pressure.
- Google launched Gemini 3 in November 2025, described as a “new era of intelligence,” hitting record scores on many benchmarks.
- Altman acknowledged that Gemini 3 pointed out weaknesses in OpenAI’s strategy and products.
- However, he believes the impact of Gemini 3 is not as severe as initially feared.
- Previously, OpenAI reacted similarly when facing DeepSeek.
- OpenAI’s winning strategy consists of three pillars: the best models, the best products, and infrastructure large enough to scale.
- ChatGPT currently has about 800 million users, equivalent to 71% of the AI app market share.
- This market share is down from 87% the previous year.
- Google Gemini is growing fast, from about 5% to over 15% market share, with over 650 million users.
📌 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman believes that the next major breakthrough on the path to superhuman artificial intelligence will come from memory, not reasoning capabilities. With a vision of AI being able to remember a user’s entire life, OpenAI aims to create an assistant that truly “participates in human life” starting in 2026. In the context of ChatGPT gradually losing market share to Gemini and new competitors, AI memory could become the strategic weapon deciding the leader in the next phase of generative AI.
