"It was clear that if we didn't do it, the world was gonna be mostly built on Chinese open source models," Altman said.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has admitted he 'totally screwed up' the launch of ChatGPT's newest model, GPT-5. It comes after a ...

The two AI heavyweights got into a public fight over their rival companies, with each accusing the other of dishonesty.

He admitted that China's progress, particularly with open-source models like DeepSeek and Kimi K2, influenced OpenAI's ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has accepted that a core reason behind the release of GPT open-weight models earlier this month was the ever-increasing pressure from Chinese rivals like DeepSeek.

I’m worried about China,” the 40-year-old Altman was quoted as saying on Monday in a report by American business news channel ...

OpenAI released its first open-weight model in years. Analysts say it could narrow China's lead in the open-source AI race.

Altman expressed his concern that a singular focus on export controls on semiconductors—the special chips that power AI—is ...

Overview Sam Altman and Elon Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 but split in 2018 over control and vision, sparking a decade-long feud.  Musk’s xAI (Grok) ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman emphasized the importance of mastering new AI tools during his conversation with Nikhil Kamath on the ...

In an interview with CNBC, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that he doesn't believe export controls will work to curb China's AI ...

A recent CNBC interview with the OpenAI CEO shows that tech leaders are changing how they judge AI models.