OpenAI Declares “Rough” Period ahead as Competition Intensifies
SAN FRANCISCO โ- openai โคCEO Sam Altman โคhas โsignaled a period of intense competitive pressure, acknowledging the company must refocus to withstand challenges from rivals like Google โand Anthropic. The โคdeclarationโค comes as competitors release increasingly powerful AI models and OpenAI navigatesโค rising costs, technical hurdles, and โคtalent retention.
OpenAIโ currently boasts over 800 millionโค weekly users, holding a notable shareโ of โthe chatbot market. Though, analytics firm Similarweb data indicates users are spending more time interacting with Google’s Gemini โthan with โขOpenAI’s ChatGPT. This shift followsโ the release of Google’s Gemini 3 last month,which industry benchmarks show surpassing OpenAI’s anticipated GPT-5 model. Anthropic’s Opus 4.5 has also outperformed GPT-5 in keyโค tests.
“Expect the atmosphere to be rough for a while,” Altman reportedly stated, anticipating a challenging period.
Google’s AI architect, Koray Kavukcuoglu, and deepmind CTO, emphasized the company’s advancements throughโ training models on custom-made chips and immediate integration into existing products. Google has โalso reportedly improved its model training methods – an area where OpenAI has recently faced difficulties.
Despite the competitive landscape,โ OpenAI is prioritizing growth and improvement ofโ its ChatGPT platform. Nick Turley, VP and Head ofโค ChatGPT, announced Monday that ChatGPT โขnow โขaccounts for roughly 10 percentโ of allโ search activity โand โis growing rapidly. โข the company’s focus is on enhancing ChatGPT’s capabilities, expanding global reach, and โimproving user experience.
