Posted May 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM UTC

Microsoft and OpenAI’s definition of AGI was just revealed.

The two companies’ famed 2019 contract was made public as part of the Musk v. Altman trial exhibits. The 36-page agreement defines artificial general intelligence as “a highly autonomous system that outperforms humans at most economically valuable work.”

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