OpenAI Declares 'Code Red' as Google Threatens AI Lead

Altman said OpenAI would be pushing back work on other initiatives, such as advertising, AI agents for health and shopping, and a personal assistant called Pulse.

These plus working with Jony Ive on hardware, makes it sound like they took their eye off the ball.

https://archive.ph/unKRQ

Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46121870

OpenAI Declares 'Code Red' as Deep Seek Eats Their Lunch