OpenAI Declares Internal 'Code Red' to Focus on Improving ChatGPT Amid Growing Competition
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Summary
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has declared a 'code red' internally, urging staff to focus on improving ChatGPT's core features like speed and reliability as competitors like Google and Anthropic close the gap. The company is delaying other initiatives including ads, shopping, health agents, and a personal assistant called Pulse to concentrate on enhancing its flagship product.
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the startup's once-unassailable lead is eroding as competitors like Google and Anthropic close in
Altman said the company will be delaying initiatives like ads, shopping and health agents, and a personal assistant, Pulse, to focus on improving ChatGPT
This includes core features like greater speed and reliability
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