New Delhi, Dec. 3 -- OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman is facing the same challenge from Google Gemini, which Sundar Pichai faced from ChatGPT three years ago. In an internal memo to employees, the OpenAI CEO said that the company was declaring a "code red" situation that would delay work on other fronts, The Information reported.

Sam Altman on Monday told employees that OpenAI now needs to marshall its resources to make ChatGPT better as it faces intense competition from Google's Gemini 3 comeback, with the AI model threatening peers like Anthropic and Meta.

As part of the "Code Red" effort, OpenAI will be delaying other initiatives such as advertising and autonomous as Altman called for a "surge" to improve ChatGPT, according ...