PARTIALStated January 6, 2025
Sam AltmanCEO, OpenAI
"We believe that, in 2025, we may see the first AI agents ‘join the workforce’ and materially change the output of companies."
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- Verdict
- Partially correct
- Deadline in claim
- During 2025
Assessment
AI agents (OpenAI's Operator, Anthropic's computer use, coding agents) did emerge in 2025 and some firms adopted them, but evidence that agents “materially changed the output of companies” at scale is limited and contested. The hedge (“may see”) softens it. Scored partial.
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