One of the more revealing things to come out of the chaos was the response to DeepSeek from Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company that makes ChatGPT. In a thread on X, Altman called the model “impressive” and said that it was “legit invigorating” to have a competitor:

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is under fire for suggesting that artificial intelligence will upend societal norms after President Trump made a huge announcement on AI.

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Meta, Nvidia, and other tech giants react to DeepSeek's competitive, cost-efficient models that challenge established market players.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman has reacted to the sudden rise of DeepSeek, but promises that the ChatGPT maker will eclipse it soon.

Elon Musk asked a judge to block OpenAI's attempt to transition from nonprofit to for-profit. It's not the first time he's feuded with CEO Sam Altman.

Altman and Musk were OpenAI’s founding co-chairs in 2015, but their relationship has devolved into name-calling and lawsuits.

With an actual open source model, China's AI leader just whupped America's AI leader. Can Sam Altman fight back?

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman praised Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s R1 model on Monday, describing it as "impressive." However, he also added that OpenAI will

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's decision to join President Trump's "Stargate" AI initiative marks a stark reversal for the tech CEO, who previously was a vocal critic of Trump.