In a recent corporate event, OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman outlined a three-phase theory for the development of AI products. He believes that chat models (such as ChatGPT) are the first major product, followed by agent-based systems (such as Codex), and the third phase in the future is "proactive AI," an AI that runs in the background continuously and automatically performs tasks.

Altman pointed out that the current agent phase is the largest category of products to date, mainly responding to customer needs. However, users often feel confused when using these tools, especially not knowing when to use chat models, Codex, or APIs, and are unable to effectively integrate all available plugins. He emphasized that OpenAI is working hard to advance agent technology and plans to launch a super app that combines features such as Codex and ChatGPT.

However, with the rapid development of AI technology, cost issues have also become prominent. Altman mentioned that many companies face significant pressure on their AI budgets. For example, Uber exhausted its entire AI budget in the first quarter. He stated that OpenAI hopes to address this issue by increasing the value of model usage to provide more value at a lower cost.

At the same time, Altman also mentioned a usage issue: many users do not know how to effectively use AI systems. He pointed out that although customers realize they are not fully utilizing these technologies, many still cannot fully leverage the potential of AI due to the difficulty of learning new methods. He envisions that if people cannot master how to use AI, let AI run automatically around them to help complete tasks. He hopes that future AI will run continuously in the background, understand company background information, and provide assistance automatically without users needing to understand all the functions of AI.

To achieve this vision, the company needs to make significant adjustments to the way AI is deployed, data protection measures, and computing resource allocation, because a continuously running AI has completely different data protection requirements compared to a chat window.

Key Points:

🌟 Open AI will launch "proactive AI," which runs continuously in the background and automatically performs tasks.

💰 The cost issue of AI is becoming increasingly severe, with many companies facing budget pressure. OpenAI hopes to address this by increasing value.

🤖 Users lack the ability to use AI effectively. OpenAI plans to help users better utilize AI through automation.