Interviews with OpenAI leaders, employees, and others on the company's reboot; Sam Altman says OpenAI would have a system he would call AGI by the end of 2026 (Alex Heath/Time)

Sam Altman told interviewers that OpenAI expects to have a system he would label AGI by the end of 2026. Meanwhile, Meta agreed to a settlement of up to $18 billion with 52 U.S. states and territories, imposing daily time limits and algorithmic feed controls for teenage users and tying full payment to similar concessions from YouTube and TikTok, with payouts distributed over ten years.