What is Q Star, AI breakthrough allegedly responsible for Altman’s ouster?

Sam Altman’s ouster from OpenAI, known for its artificial intelligence (AI) software ChatGPT, and his eventual return have been the most important news in the AI world for the past week. While nobody knows exactly why OpenAI’s board decided to remove Altman as the company’s chief executive officer (CEO), a recent report suggests that a software named Q Star (Q*) may be behind it.

Herw we will try to understand what is this Q Star software. But before that, let us first understand what AGI or artificial general intelligence is, which is behind the software.