AI awaiting its iPhone moment, says Altman; needs to learn key Apple lesson

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/08/AI-awaiting-its-iPhone-moment.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/openai/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">OpenAI</a> CEO Sam Altman says that <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/ai/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">AI</a> is still awaiting its <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/iphone/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">iPhone</a> moment, and that he needs to learn a key lesson from <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple</a>.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">He also admits that he was overly ambitious in his idea of how quickly AI would disrupt the economy, but thinks that, paradoxically, the tech will create new opportunities for businesses that don’t use it … </p> via You searched for iphone - 9to5Mac https://ift.tt/gjsIMwX