OpenAI's New Advanced AI , May Have Played a Role , in Sam Altman Chaos.br Futurism reports that mystery continues to swirl br around drama at OpenAI that saw CEO Sam Altman br ousted and then reinstated less than a week later. .br Futurism reports that mystery continues to swirl br around drama at OpenAI that saw CEO Sam Altman br ousted and then reinstated less than a week later. .br One of the theories behind the upheaval is br that the company may have developed a highly br advanced AI that threw the board into chaos. .br Last week, Reuters was one of the outlets br to report that OpenAI had been spooked br by its Q* project, pronounced "Q star.".br The new Q* system has been touted as br a significant step towards the company's goal of br achieving an AGI, or artificial general intelligence.br Reuters reported that Mira Murati, a former OpenAI br nonprofit board member, acknowledged the existence br of this new Q* model in an internal staff message.br Sources claim that Q* was at the heart of the decision br to fire Altman over a push for commercializing br the product before it was fully understood.br Those sources claim the new AI system is capable of solving br grade-school math equations, an achievement long br considered a benchmark in developing an AGI.br In the case of math, we know existing br AIs have been shown to be capable br of undergraduate-level math but to br struggle with anything more advanced, Andrew Rogoyski, Director at the Surrey Institute br for People-Centered AI, via Futurism.br However, if an AI can solve new, br unseen problems, not just regurgitate br or reshape existing knowledge, br then this would be a big deal, br even if the math is relatively simple, Andrew Rogoyski, Director at the Surrey Institute br for People-Centered AI, via Futurism.br Futurism reports that researchers remain optimistic that if br Q* is capable of solving these simple math problems, br it would represent a major step forward toward actual AGI.