Nvidia's Huang renxun celebrates openai's astra release, claims AGI has arrived

On September 7, 2026, NVIDIA founder and CEO Huang Renxun posted on X, congratulating OpenAI on the release of its latest large model, Astra, and declaring that artificial general intelligence (AGI) has arrived. Huang noted that OpenAI achieved this milestone in just four years, from ChatGPT to o1 and now Astra. OpenAI officially launched Astra on Thursday, describing it as the 'most intelligent and human-aligned model' capable of performing highly complex professional tasks with unmatched speed, accuracy, and judgment. OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman recently called AGI a 'marketing term' with a very fuzzy definition. Meanwhile, Gary Marcus, an AI researcher and critic, argued that Huang's claim was premature, lacking scientific definition and evidence. Marcus outlined his 10 AGI criteria, stating Astra met only one or two. OpenAI's president Greg Brockman also welcomed the arrival of the AGI era.