The specifics:
According to Altman, Google's growth may "create temporary economic headwinds for our company," and he anticipates "the vibes out there to be rough for a bit."
OpenAI, which was previously having trouble scaling GPT-5, was particularly concerned about Google's pretraining advancements.
Even if it means falling behind in the short term, he stressed the importance of concentrating on "very ambitious bets," such as automated AI research and synthetic data.
According to The Information, Altman also alluded to an upcoming LLM known as "Shallotpeat" that would enable OpenAI to catch up to Google's advancements.
OpenAI, which was previously having trouble scaling GPT-5, was particularly concerned about Google's pretraining advancements.
Even if it means falling behind in the short term, he stressed the importance of concentrating on "very ambitious bets," such as automated AI research and synthetic data.
According to The Information, Altman also alluded to an upcoming LLM known as "Shallotpeat" that would enable OpenAI to catch up to Google's advancements.
It's unusual to see Altman and OpenAI following each other, and it seems that the AI leader is finally unable to respond to Google's significant week of releases. However, as we've seen numerous times in the AI race, the mood can quickly shift, particularly with a typically hectic holiday season of upcoming releases.