{"slug": "sam-altman-says-a-whole-generation-of-researchers-held-ai-back-by-what-scaling", "title": "Sam Altman says a whole generation of researchers held AI back by underestimating what scaling could do", "summary": "OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told a Stanford audience that a generation of researchers slowed AI progress by underestimating the power of scaling, citing OpenAI's recent disproof of a mathematical conjecture as evidence.", "body_md": "At a Stanford talk, Sam Altman defended LLM scaling and hit back at skeptics, saying a whole generation of researchers slowed the field by underestimating what scaling could do. He cited OpenAI's recent disproof of a mathematical conjecture as evidence.\n\nThe article [Sam Altman says a whole generation of researchers held AI back by underestimating what scaling could do](https://the-decoder.com/sam-altman-says-a-whole-generation-of-researchers-held-ai-back-by-underestimating-what-scaling-could-do/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sam-altman-says-a-whole-generation-of-researchers-held-ai-back-by-what-scaling", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/sam-altman-says-a-whole-generation-of-researchers-held-ai-back-by-underestimating-what-scaling-could-do/", "published_at": "2026-06-21 09:12:01+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-21 09:39:07.600574+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["large-language-models", "ai-research", "ai-safety"], "entities": ["Sam Altman", "OpenAI", "Stanford"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sam-altman-says-a-whole-generation-of-researchers-held-ai-back-by-what-scaling", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sam-altman-says-a-whole-generation-of-researchers-held-ai-back-by-what-scaling.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sam-altman-says-a-whole-generation-of-researchers-held-ai-back-by-what-scaling.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sam-altman-says-a-whole-generation-of-researchers-held-ai-back-by-what-scaling.jsonld"}}