New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said early forms of superintelligence could emerge within the next few years. He was speaking at the AI India Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi on Thursday.

Altman said that by the end of 2028, "more intellectual capacity may reside inside data centres than outside them," adding that future systems could outperform human CEOs and leading research scientists. However, he cautioned that such timelines remain uncertain. "We could be wrong, but it bears serious consideration," he said.

Altman noted that India is one of OpenAI's most important markets, with 100 million people using ChatGPT weekly, more than a third of them students. He said India is also the fastest-growing market for Codex, the comp...