Sam Altman Declares 'Code Red' as Google's Gemini Surges
9 days ago
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- Google declared a 'Code Red' three years ago over ChatGPT, fearing its impact on Search.
- Sam Altman of OpenAI has now declared a 'Code Red' in response to Google's Gemini 3 and rising competition from rivals like Anthropic and Meta.
- OpenAI is shifting resources to improve ChatGPT, delaying other initiatives like advertising plans.
- Google's Gemini 3 was widely released, marking a comeback after initial struggles with earlier AI models.
- Gemini 3 showed strong performance in benchmarks, gaining credibility and reaching 650 million monthly users by October.
- Sam Altman warned OpenAI staff about economic challenges and competitive pressures from Google's resurgence.
- Google was once the AI leader, with breakthroughs like the transformer architecture and BERT, but ChatGPT shifted the landscape.
- OpenAI now faces pressure to maintain its lead, with ChatGPT having 800 million weekly users but needing further improvements.
- OpenAI plans to release a new reasoning model to compete with Gemini 3, despite internal challenges and staff departures.