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Sam Altman Declares 'Code Red' for ChatGPT, Delays OpenAI Advertising Plans

I’m rooting for Google because Altman is too freaky and dropped the original plan and reason for their name (being open source). Google already is ******ified so no surprises incoming there. Google’s advantage over OpenAI is that they can afford an unprofitable business. If the future is plagiarism of IP it may as well be Google.
 
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I completely stopped using it. I couldn't understand how the answers kept getting worse than when I first started using it, everything was false every single time. There was absolutely no reason to keep using it when you can't even trust it for the simplest request, watching it ignore your instructions, while other AIs just keep improving. What a complete failure.
 
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I’m rooting for Google because Altman is too freaky and dropped the original plan and reason for their name (being open source). Google already is ******ified so no surprises incoming there. Google’s advantage over OpenAI is that they can afford an unprofitable business. If the future is plagiarism of IP it may as well be Google.
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The whole dammed if you do, dammed if you dont situation. Id rather have Deepseek win because it's free, it destabilize/disrupt Google and its open sourced but it also has flaws but at least it wont be ad based.
 

Sam Altman Declares 'Code Red'...​


...for his deep pockets. With only 2 billions he's just a loser.

That's the only thing they care about.
 
edit / update - another good ai platform is Venice, focusing on privacy.

kinda wish that maybe some of the incognito modes on mainstream platforms would offer private backup and sync functionality like Venice offers.

regular cloud sync is ok for day to day usage but spicier / incognito content should have a more private encrypted backup+restore option

Also, if more mainstream AI providers could give us voices like Sky and Monday, that would be cool
 
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Where will the ads end…..

Anyone remember the 1950’s? Driving down the highway, you couldn’t even tell what state you were in, because all you could see was endless billboards along the road? Took legislation to get rid of those ads….
 
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Code red.
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Macaholic868 said:
Sounds like Apple hitched its Improved Siri AI wagon to the right partner. If Apple is licensing Google’s tech, but running it on its own servers where it has control of privacy then I don’t think that’s a bad place to be in until its own competitor is ready. It’s not ideal. Ideal would’ve have been being in the drivers seat, but there are advantages to being an observer if you play your cards right.

Think Google Maps for the early iPhone models until Apple Maps debuted, then think of how long it actually took Apple Maps to be in the same ballpark as Google Maps. They did get there eventually, but it took years.

Apple is years behind in the AI race, but they’ve got the money to catch up if they play the long game. Right now trying out-Zuck Meta by handing out idiotically high compensation packages doesn’t seem to me to be a prudent long term decision. That same talent will be back on the market once the dust from the inevitable coming AI boom and bust settles.

License your tech from a market leader you already have existing multibillion dollar ties with, let the Meta’s of the world burn though cash and flake out, all the while biding your time and brining your own solution along.
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Exactly. Another major advantage of using a third party at this early stage is not taking the flak for the AI hallucinating and giving incorrect information, leading to negative PR, which Apple tries to avoid at all costs

Look how much negative sentiment has built up for a lot of the leaders in AI, despite how capable they’re becoming. Apple has avoided most of that, and will have their partner as a scapegoat when AI is problematic
 
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Great to hear about this. Paying attention to the service is of utmost importance. Hopefully ads are not coming anytime soon and the lower priced plan is available in more countries.
 
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OpenAI is deprioritizing work on advertising as it focuses on improving the quality of ChatGPT, reports The Information. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared a "code red" on Monday, and told employees that the company needs to improve ChatGPT so it doesn't fall behind competitors like Google and Anthropic.

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Altman said that OpenAI needs to work on personalization for each user, image generation, and model behavior like speed and reliability.

Google debuted Gemini 3 Pro in November, and it outperforms ChatGPT on several benchmarking tests. Google has been luring users with its Nano Banana AI image generator and Anthropic's Claude is popular with business customers.

OpenAI's plan to start showing customers ads leaked earlier this week, but Altman told employees that ads are now on the backburner. Work on advertising, shopping AI agents, and a more proactive and personalized version ChatGPT assistant called Pulse has been delayed. OpenAI has been testing several kinds of ads, including ads that would be shown during online shopping requests, but introducing ads could push users to other chatbots.

Following the employee memo, ChatGPT lead Nick Turley announced that OpenAI would focus on "making ChatGPT more capable, continue growing, and expand access around the world -- while making it feel even more intuitive and personal."

OpenAI is not profitable, and it has to rely on its user numbers for investments. If it loses a significant number of users to Google, it could run into financial trouble.
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OpenAI will ship a new reasoning model next week, which Altman said is ahead of Gemini 3 in internal evaluations.

Article Link: Sam Altman Declares 'Code Red' for ChatGPT, Delays OpenAI Advertising Plans
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Can we please consider choosing another color than red? Why is red always associated with emergencies and a sense of urgency? Could we have a code “White”? A color that perhaps signifying going into peace-mode, zen-like and meditate our way through crap in life?
 
OpenAI is the next ATARI. Sure, a pioneer in this field, but others like Google have an ecosystem, and AI solutions that are at least just as good. My guess is that OpenAI and ChatGPT will be history in a few years, or someone will have bought them outright. For now, their connection to Microsoft is keeping them afloat. I suspect OpenAI will end up entirely owned by Microsoft.
 
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