An internal memo to OpenAI workers from CEO Sam Altman reviewed by multiple publications shows the company is feeling squeezed.

The Hangzhou-based company released DeepSeek-V3.2 and a more specialized variant, DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale, which it says can match or approach the performance of OpenAI’s GPT-5 and Google’s Gemini-3 Pro on key reasoning and math benchmarks.

Microsoft (MSFT)-backed OpenAI (OPENAI) is developing a large language model dubbed Garlic to counter Google's recent gains in AI development, The Information reported. Last week, OpenAI’s Chief Research Officer Mark Chen told some colleagues about the new model,

Alphabet Google has shaken up the artificial-intelligence race. ChatGPT-developer OpenAI is in danger of losing its crown as the leading AI company and that’s bad news for key partners Oracle and Microsoft.

Challenges to OpenAI’s $500 billion valuation are mounting. New investors may be cutting that valuation before they invest, affecting what OpenAI is ultimately worth.

Accenture said in September that it has been "exiting" staff it cannot reskill for an AI-driven corporate future.

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has taken a stake in Thrive Holdings as part of a partnership to embed artificial intelligence into traditional industries such as accounting and IT services, the companies said on Monday.

OpenAI may also get payouts from Thrive Holdings’ future returns, the FT wrote, citing its anonymous source. It’s the latest circular deal in an industry known for running on FOMO and handing money back-and-forth between a small group of companies.