OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman said he believes his company should consider giving away its AI models, a potentially seismic strategy shift in the same week China’s DeepSeek has upended the artificial-intelligence industry.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman welcomed the debut of DeepSeek’s R1 model in a post on X late on Monday.

DeepSeek’s success has prompted discussions about whether training large language models truly requires billions of dollars in capital and cutting-edge semiconductor technology. Altman himself acknowledged the significance of DeepSeek’s progress, describing its R1 model as “impressive” for the limited funding it reportedly received.

Altman admitted that OpenAI was "on the wrong side of history" when it came to AI and open source and said he wants to fix that.

DeepSeek R1 outshines OpenAI's ChatGPT with lower costs, open-source tech, and superior efficiency, challenging US dominance in AI innovation.

After the Chinese startup DeepSeek surprised everyone with its AI reasoning model, OpenAI's CEO responded to that hype.

OpeniAI CEO Sam Altman admitted the company's goals have shifted in the wake of DeepSeek staking its claim to the AI industry in a recent Reddit AMA.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has publicly applauded competitor DeepSeek’s R1 model in a recent social media post.