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OPENAI DECLARES “CODE RED” 🚨

What’s up? OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has declared “code red,” temporarily halting several new projects so the company can urgently focus on improving ChatGPT as Google and other competitors close the gap.

Want the details? According to reports from the Wall Street Journal and The Information, Altman told employees that OpenAI will pause development on features like ads, shopping tools, health agents, and its planned personal assistant. Instead, teams will concentrate on making ChatGPT faster, more reliable, more personal, and capable of handling a wider range of questions. The memo also announced daily development calls and encouraged temporary team transfers to accelerate progress. This shift comes as Google’s Gemini 3 is stealing users from OpenAI, DeepSeek releases V3.2 (below), and Runway’s new Gen 4.5 model surpasses OpenAI’s Sora 2 on video creation benchmarks. OpenAI’s once-dominant lead is shrinking, and they’re panicking to stay ahead.

DEEPSEEK STRIKES AGAIN 🐳

What’s up? Chinese startup DeepSeek released two new AI models it claims rival or surpass OpenAI’s GPT-5 and Google’s Gemini-3.0-Pro.

Want the details? DeepSeek launched V3.2, an everyday reasoning assistant, and V3.2-Speciale, a high-powered version that earned gold-medal scores in elite competitions like the International Mathematical Olympiad and the ICPC World Finals. The company’s key breakthrough is a system called DeepSeek Sparse Attention, which dramatically cuts computing costs by analyzing only the most relevant parts of long documents instead of processing everything at once. This allows the 685-billion-parameter models to handle book-length inputs at far lower cost—about 70% cheaper than previous versions—while still matching or beating top U.S. models in math, coding, and reasoning benchmarks.

Why does this matter? DeepSeek’s release shows that China can build frontier AI systems despite U.S. chip restrictions, and it has open-sourced them for free. That combination could reshape global AI competition, pressure U.S. companies to lower prices, and accelerate access to powerful tools for researchers, developers, and startups worldwide.

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APPLE’S HEAD OF AI STEPS DOWN 🍎

What happened? Apple’s longtime head of AI, John Giannandrea, is stepping down and will be replaced by AI researcher Amar Subramanya.

Want the details? Giannandrea, who joined Apple in 2018 and reported directly to CEO Tim Cook, will stay on as an advisor until he retires this spring. Subramanya, who previously worked at Microsoft and Google’s DeepMind, will now lead Apple’s AI division as vice president, reporting to software chief Craig Federighi. His teams will focus on core AI research, Apple’s foundation models, and AI safety. The shake-up comes at a time when Apple Intelligence, Apple’s answer to tools like ChatGPT, has struggled with delays and mixed reviews, including a postponed upgrade to Siri.

What does this mean? Apple’s AI is in shambles and continues to fall behind the pack.

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