OpenAI issues ‘Code Red’ as Google pressures AI lead, WSJ reports

OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman told employees Monday that the company was declaring a “code red” effort to improve the quality of ChatGPT and delaying other products as a result, according to an internal memo viewed by The Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal’s Berber Jin reports. Altman said OpenAI had more work to do on the day-to-day experience of its chatbot, including improving personalization features for users, increasing its speed and reliability, and allowing it to answer a wider range of questions, the author adds. The companywide memo is the most decisive indication yet of the pressure OpenAI is facing from competitors that have narrowed the startup’s lead in the AI race. Of particular concern to Altman is Google (GOOGL), which released a new version of its Gemini AI model last month that surpassed OpenAI on industry benchmark tests and sent the search giant’s stock soaring.