OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman is declaring a "code red" to speed up improvements to ChatGPT, the Information reported. Altman on Monday called for a "surge" to improve ChatGPT while delaying progress on other efforts such as autonomous AI agents and advertising.

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The release of Open AI's ChatGPT has accelerated the development of artificial intelligence and warnings about its impact on society.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has issued a 'code red' alert to his company, emphasizing the urgent need to enhance ChatGPT as Google's Gemini 3.0 gains traction in the AI sector. According to internal memos, Altman highlighted concerns about slowing user growth for OpenAI and the strong reception of Google's AI model among developers and users.

OpenAI is now prioritizing updates to its core GPT models, shifting focus from advertising and other initiatives to maintain its competitive edge. The company aims to protect projected revenues, which could reach $10 billion this year and potentially $30 billion by 2027, contingent on continued user and corporate adoption.

OpenAI's Altman declares 'code red' on ChatGPT: Reports

Open A.I. CEO Sam Altman declaring code red. According to a memo seen by multiple outlets Altman sent a company wide message stressing the need to improve chat GPT as Google gains ground. Bloomberg's Tom McKenzie joins us now. Tom we've seen a slew of memos reported on from Sam Altman talking about increasing concern about the competition from Google in particular. How much are they taking this seriously. How much are they innovating in a way where they could keep an edge or versus some of their better funded peers. And it does Lisa speak to that funding story that you just touched on there. The need to have those deals the need to raise capital have that liquidity and raise debt as well for open AI which does not have the balance sheet of course of the likes of alphabet and needs that liquidity and that funding to spend not just on the infrastructure but to ensure that there is adoption of their products and particularly GPT. So yes they are taking this very seriously. To your point there was a memo put out on Monday according to the information on this red alert that Sam Altman is now issuing across the company because Gemini is now so good. Gemini 3.0 it's been incredibly well received within the developer community within the A.I. ecosystem. And the uptake is that Google is also able to embed its own models into its products. Get it into the hands of users very quickly. And it's proving effective. And they are seeing the user growth just as the user growth it seems for open A.I. is starting to slow that race between if you have four or five horses that are out front then of course Sam Altman opening I was straight out of the gates. November 2022 Gemini was on the back foot. Google was in the back foot. They had their own red alert. Now they are very rapidly catching up. And that is where the emphasis is now. That is where the concern is. So it seems like Sam Altman is telling the business telling open AI and the team to focus front and center on their GPT models. And they say there's going to be an update potentially next week to rival Gemini 3.0 and to walk back maybe from some of their adverts and their efforts around advertising maybe for some of their agentic push as well because they need to get the primary product right and they need to make sure they're not losing that customer the growth that they've seen that they think could lead to revenues of 10 billion dollars this year possibly 20 billion next year and possibly 30 billion the next year on 2027. That's all dependent on the continuing growth and uptick amongst individuals and corporate consumers as well.

Ahead of a meeting to discuss the U.S. proposal for peace in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed European counter-proposals as 'unacceptable' and said his country was ready for war if Europe wants one.

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OpenAI has declared a "code red" as Google threatens to unseat the AI industry's early leader, according to the Wall Street Journal. Technology journalist Jacob Ward joins CBS News to discuss.

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