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

Cnbc · · 624 words · By Arjun Kharpal
AI Safety and Governance Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI)
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OpenAI's next model is being designed by another model in a sign that AI is reaching "superintelligence," SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son told CNBC.

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What happened

OpenAI's next model is being designed by another model in a sign that AI is reaching "superintelligence," SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son told CNBC.

Why it matters

The billionaire's comments come amid a warning from Anthropic that artificial intelligence development may need to be slowed down to deal with the implications of the rapid pace of improvement.

Common ground

Son runs SoftBank, one of the world's biggest tech investors and one of the largest OpenAI shareholders.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/05/softbank-masayoshi-son-openai-model-super-intell…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The company, which develops the AI chatbot called Claude”
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Wikipedia and the official Claude product description confirm that Anthropic developed the AI chatbot Claude.
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web search NEUTRAL — In November, Nvidia and Microsoft were expected to invest up to $15 billion in Anthropic, and Anthropic said it would buy $30 billion of computing capacity from Microsoft Azure running on Nvidia AI sy…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
https://www.anthropic.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Claude is a next generation AI assistant built by Anthropic and trained to be safe, accurate, and secure to help you do your best work.
https://claude.com/
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Claim 2: “Son runs SoftBank, one of the world's biggest tech investors and one of the largest OpenAI shareholders.”
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Multiple sources confirm Masayoshi Son is the CEO/Founder of SoftBank, that SoftBank is a giant tech investor, and that it has a stake/investment in OpenAI (via Stargate LLC and other investments).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SoftBank Group Corp. (ソフトバンクグループ株式会社, SofutoBanku Gurūpu Kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese multinational investment holding company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, that focuses on investment management.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoftBank_Group
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stargate Project, incorporated in Delaware as Stargate LLC, is an American multinational artificial intelligence (AI) joint venture created by OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, and investment firm MGX. The ve…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_LLC
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Masayoshi Son (Japanese: 孫 正義; born Masayoshi Yasumoto, August 11, 1957) is a Japanese entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. A Zainichi Korean, he is the founder, chairman and chief executive of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayoshi_Son
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Claim 3: “In February, OpenAI said its GPT‑5.3‑Codex is its "first model that was instrumental in creating itself."”
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Three independent web sources confirm that OpenAI stated in February that GPT-5.3-Codex was the first model instrumental in creating itself.
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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI claimed that GPT-5.3 Codex was 25% faster than their previous GPT-5.2 version, making it the first that was “instrumental in creating itself.” Does this mean the folks working there actually us…
https://cxotoday.com/ai/from-leader-to-follower-openai-now-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI said in February that GPT-5.3-Codex was its first model that played a meaningful role in its own creation. According to OpenAI, early versions of the model were used to identify issues in train…
https://www.storyboard18.com/brand-makers/as-anthropic-warns…
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web search NEUTRAL — The claim isn't that GPT-5.3 Codex built itself from scratch. The claim is that an earlier version—call it GPT-5.2 Codex—was used as a tool by OpenAI's engineers to build what became GPT-5.3 Codex. Th…
https://hum.pub/letters/letter-to-my-future-self-on-the-stra…
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Claim 4: “OpenAI's next model is being designed by another model”
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Web results mention the launch of 'Sol' and 'Orion', but none of the provided evidence explicitly states that the next model is being designed by another model.
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web search NEUTRAL — Along with its new model, OpenAI unveiled a new tool, ChatGPT Work, which is powered by Sol.OpenAI is taking a more open approach to cybersecurity than Anthropic, which has tightly restricted the use …
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/technology/openai-sol-ai.…
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web search NEUTRAL — An interactive demo for developers to try the latest text-to-speech model in the OpenAI API.
https://www.openai.fm/?ref=viden.ai
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web search NEUTRAL — Today’s AI Insights🔍 OpenAI set to unveil its big GPT AI model in December🦙 Meta unveils NotebookLlamaOpenAI is preparing to launch Orion, its next-generation model, with early access provided to...
https://www.joinaiinsights.com/p/openai-unveils-canvas-for-c…
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Claim 5: “In June, an OpenAI research paper said there are "early signs" of RSI in today's systems.”
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The provided Wikipedia results for OpenAI discuss the organization, OpenAI Five, and OpenAI o3, but do not mention a June research paper regarding 'early signs' of RSI.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization headquartered in San Francisco, consisting of OpenAI Group PBC, a for-profit public benefit corporation (PBC), partially contro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — OpenAI Five is a computer program by OpenAI that plays the five-on-five video game Dota 2. Its first public appearance occurred in 2017, where it was demonstrated in a live one-on-one game against the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI_Five
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — OpenAI o3 is a generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) model developed by OpenAI as a successor to OpenAI o1 for ChatGPT. It is designed to devote additional deliberation time when addressing questio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI_o3
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Claim 6: “Anthropic released a blog post about "recursive self-improvement" or RSI, a trend where an AI system is "capable of fully autonomously designing and developing its own successor."”
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The provided evidence for Anthropic describes the company's general mission and funding, but does not mention a blog post about 'recursive self-improvement' or the specific definition provided in the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — In November, Nvidia and Microsoft were expected to invest up to $15 billion in Anthropic, and Anthropic said it would buy $30 billion of computing capacity from Microsoft Azure running on Nvidia AI sy…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
https://www.anthropic.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic is an AI safety and research company. We build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We believe AI will have a vast impact on the world. Anthropic is dedicated to building syste…
https://www.anthropic.com/company
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Claim 7: “SoftBank [has] ownership of chip designer Arm and stake in OpenAI as well as investments in areas such as robotics and autonomous driving.”
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Evidence confirms SoftBank majority-owns Arm, has invested billions in OpenAI, and has investments in robotics (e.g., Boston Dynamics stake).
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web search NEUTRAL — SoftBank Group Corp is a Japanese multinational investment holding company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, that focuses on investment management.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoftBank_Group
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 8, 2025 ... In June 2021 SoftBank sold an 80% controlling stake to Hyundai Motor Group, valuing Boston Dynamics at $1.1 billion. SoftBank retained a 20% ...
https://martinbradstreet.substack.com/p/softbank-robotics-gr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 10, 2025 ... Chip designer Arm is majority-owned by SoftBank, while the Japanese giant has also invested billions in OpenAI. SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son ...
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/11/softbank-founder-son-makes-h…
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Claim 8: “Son... described [ASI] as AI that is 10,000 times smarter than humans.”
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The provided evidence for this claim contains general Wikipedia bios of Masayoshi Son and other unrelated people, but does not contain the specific quote about ASI being 10,000 times smarter than humans.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The history of artificial intelligence (AI) began in antiquity, with myths, stories, and rumors of artificial beings endowed with intelligence by master craftsmen. The study of logic and formal reason…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_artificial_intellig…
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web search NEUTRAL — Masayoshi Takanaka[a] (born March 27, 1953) is a Japanese musician and record producer. Known for his virtuosic guitar playing and skilled musicianship, Takanaka rose to fame and achieved commercial s…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayoshi_Takanaka
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web search NEUTRAL — Masayoshi streams live on Twitch! Watch videos, join the chat, and become part of the community.
https://www.twitch.tv/masayoshi
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Claim 9: “The team behind Codex... "used early versions to debug its own training, manage its own deployment, and diagnose test results and evaluations."”
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Multiple sources, including a direct quote attributed to OpenAI, confirm the Codex team used early versions to debug training, manage deployment, and diagnose results.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Codex team used early versions to debug its own training, manage its own deployment, and diagnose test results and evaluations—our team was blown away by how much Codex was able to accelerate its …
https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-3-codex/
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web search NEUTRAL — The Codex team used early versions of their own model to debug its training, manage deployment, and diagnose test results. As OpenAI put it: “our team was blown away by how much Codex was able to acce…
https://pub.towardsai.net/openais-gpt-5-3-codex-the-ai-that-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Codex team used early versions to debug its own training, manage its own deployment, and diagnose test results and evaluations.”
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danish-ahmed-15927539_introdu…
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.