AI is designing OpenAI's next model in a sign of 'super intelligence': SoftBank's Masayoshi Son to CNBC

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attend an event to pitch AI for businesses in Tokyo, Japan Feb. 3, 2025. Kim Kyung-Hoon | Reuters OpenAI's next model is being designed by another model in a sign that AI is reaching "super intelligence," SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son told CNBC. The billionaire's comments come amid a warning from Anthropic that AI development may need to be slowed down to deal with the implications of the rapid pace of improvement. Son runs SoftBank, one of the world's biggest tech investors and one of the largest OpenAI shareholders. In an interview with CNBC on Monday, Son said he had spoken to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and engineers at the firm, who told him that an AI "model is designing" a future model. "So that's going to happen to all the other major models," Son said, adding that engineers will no longer be smart enough to design the next model. "So once that happens, [the] model generates [the] next model ... and it's going to be exponentially smarter than all of us. That's a super intelligence," Son told CNBC. An OpenAI spokesperson declined to comment on unreleased models but highlighted areas where the company was already using AI in model development. …