OpenAI Declares Code Red
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OpenAI has entered an all-out Code Red as Sam Altman orders the company to redirect resources toward sharper reasoning, faster performance, and a more capable ChatGPT after weeks of narrative momentum tilting toward Google and Anthropic. The move signals a dramatic strategic pivot at a moment when competitive pressure is reshaping expectations for frontier models and assistant dominance. In today’s headlines: Apple pushes out its longtime AI chief, new video and image models drop from Runway, DeepSeek, and Kling, and OpenAI takes an ownership stake in Thrive Holdings.
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