_*Top Trends & Predictions from OpenAI CEO (June 2025)*_ AI takeoff has begun – We're already on the path toward superintelligence. AI outperforms humans in key areas – Including reasoning, coding, and scaled knowledge work. AI agents will soon generate scientific breakthroughs – Expected within a couple of years. Robots will enter mainstream operations – Managing logistics, factories, and physical-world tasks. Robots will build other robots – Including automation of mining, refining, and datacenter construction. Recursive self-improvement is underway – AI is now helping improve itself. AI infrastructure is compounding – Economic returns are funding massive infrastructure buildout. Datacenters may become self-replicating – Physical infrastructure could scale autonomously. The cost of intelligence will plummet – Inference may eventually cost little more than electricity. No sharp singularity moment—change will feel gradual – Yet deeply transformative over time. Alignment and access are critical – Superintelligence must be safe and broadly shared.