OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently praised Chinese startup DeepSeek’s open-source AI model, R1, calling it “impressive” for its value and welcoming the competition. He expressed confidence in OpenAI’s ability to produce superior models and emphasized the importance of increased computing power to maintain their edge in AI development. Altman reiterated OpenAI’s focus on advancing toward artificial general intelligence (AGI), aiming to deploy it by 2025. He also hinted at accelerating some releases to stay competitive while staying committed to their research roadmap. Altman believes the next generation of AI models will amaze the world.
