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Altman unveils "always-on" AI agent after OpenAI shelved model over safety concerns

Altman unveils "always-on" AI agent after OpenAI shelved model over safety concerns

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September 30th, 2026

Altman unveils "always-on" AI agent after OpenAI shelved model over safety concerns

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In an appearance on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman unveiled an artificial intelligence agent that is "remarkably capable and always on."

OpenAIのCEO、サム・アルトマン氏は火曜日の登壇において、「驚くほど有能で、常時稼働する」人工知能エージェントを披露した。

Just the day before, the company had halted the rollout of a more advanced model, citing safety concerns.

その前日、同社はより先進的なモデルの展開を安全上の懸念から中止していたのである。

At the company's annual developer conference, Altman rolled out a slew of product announcements and updates, among which was OpenAI's new agent, "Dots."

同社の年次開発者会議において、アルトマン氏は一連の製品発表ならびに更新を実施し、そのなかにはOpenAIの新規エージェント「Dots」も含まれていた。

This agent is engineered to proactively carry in-progress tasks through to completion on the user's behalf, and it is positioned as a rival to Meta's personal agent, "Muse," whose popularity has surged since Meta's conference last week.

このエージェントは、ユーザーに代わって進行中のタスクを能動的に完遂すべく設計されており、先週のMetaの会議以降に人気が急騰したMetaのパーソナルエージェント「Muse」に対する競合製品として位置づけられる。

Altman remarked that the Dots agent would become something akin to an AI helper that is always there to support you, inspired by that cool figure we all saw in movies during our childhood.

ドットエージェントとは、我々が幼少期に映画で目にしたあのクールな形象に触発された、常にあなたを支えてくれるAIヘルパーのごとき存在になるだろう、とアルトマン氏は述べた。

On Monday, OpenAI announced that it was postponing the release of its other model, citing concerns raised by researchers.

月曜日、OpenAIは研究者たちによって提起された懸念を理由に、もう一方のモデルのリリースを延期していると公表した。

This came on the heels of a widespread chorus within the industry calling for a slowdown in the pace of development so that safety measures might keep abreast of technological advances.

これは、安全対策が技術の進歩の歩調に追いつくべく、その歩みを減速させるよう求める業界内の広範な声に続くものであった。

Although Mr. Altman refrained from addressing the concerns surrounding the shelved model in his keynote address, he stated during the question-and-answer session that the company was investing considerably more heavily in the safety, security, and oversight of AI agents.

アルトマン氏は基調講演において、棚上げされたモデルをめぐる懸念に言及することを回避したものの、質疑応答セッションでは、同社がAIエージェントの安全性、セキュリティ、および監視に対して一層多大な投資を行っていると述べた。

He argued that the AI boom should be understood not so much as an industrial revolution but rather as a renaissance reborn.

彼は、AIブームを産業革命というよりもむしろルネサンス期の再来として捉えるべきであると論じた。

Mr. Altman remarked, "The best form of AI does not consist in transforming human beings into cogs in a gigantic machine and accelerating without limit.

アルトマン氏は、「AIの最良の形態とは、人間を巨大な機械の歯車へと変容させ、際限なく加速し続けることにあるのではない。

There exist domains of life that cannot be automated, and indeed ought not to be automated."

人生には自動化し得ず、また自動化すべきでもない領域が存在する」と述べた。

"AI ought to furnish people with a greater array of means by which to attain a larger measure of agency over their own lives — to create, to learn, to discover, and to expand their knowledge."

「AIは、人々が自らの人生に対してより大きな主体性を獲得し、創造し、学び、発見し、知識を拡張するための、より多くの手段を提供するものであるべきだ。」

The company further announced the release of GPT-6.1 Sol, which is nothing other than an upgraded version of the GPT-6 Sol model, as well as a premium speed tier branded "Ultrafast."

同社はさらに、モデルGPT-6 Solのアップグレード版にほかならないGPT-6.1 Solのリリース、ならびに「Ultrafast」と銘打たれたプレミアム速度層を公表した。

OpenAI's announcement came just before leaders of six major AI companies, including OpenAI itself, were due to sign a voluntary agreement with President Donald Trump on Tuesday to "self-regulate" development.

OpenAIの発表は、OpenAIをはじめとする主要AI企業6社のリーダーたちが火曜日にドナルド・トランプ大統領との間で開発を「自主規制」する自主協定に署名する、まさにその直前に行われた。

Under the agreement, each company is reportedly required to implement "robust internal controls," work with "independent external auditors" to assess whether those controls are functioning, and establish a committee on its board of directors to evaluate reports from internal and external auditors.

同協定によれば、各企業は「強固な内部統制」を実施し、「独立した外部監査人」と連携して統制が機能しているかを評価するとともに、各社の取締役会に委員会を設置し、内部および外部監査人からの報告を評価することが求められているという。

Although not a few people in Silicon Valley are calling on the government to help establish guardrails in the technology sector, Trump has voiced opposition to the notion of strengthening government oversight of AI.

シリコンバレーの少なからぬ人々が、政府に対し技術分野におけるガードレールの確立を支援するよう要請しているものの、トランプ氏はAIに対する政府の監視強化という構想に異を唱えている。

Although Mr. Altman was absent, Greg Brockman, president and co-founder of OpenAI, had assembled at the White House alongside Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Jensen Huang of Nvidia, Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

アルトマン氏は欠席したものの、OpenAIの社長兼共同創業者たるグレッグ・ブロックマン氏は、Anthropicのダリオ・アモデイ氏、Amazonのジェフ・ベゾス氏、Nvidiaのジェンセン・ファン氏、TeslaおよびSpaceXのイーロン・マスク氏、ならびにMicrosoftのCEOサティア・ナデラ氏とともに、ホワイトハウスに参集していた。

September 30th, 2026

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