OpenAI wants to work with China, according to CEO Sam Altman. That would mark a massive shift by the company, which does not support access to APIs in China at the moment.

Altman’s about-face from OpenAI’s tough stance on China reflects how Hangzhou-based start-up DeepSeek upended the global AI industry.

Sam Altman, head of OpenAI which develops ChatGPT, has laid out plans for the next versions of its language models. As the artificial intelligence industry races forward, the announcement is a shot across the bow after Chinese AI chatbot, Deepseek R1 showed up in the industry.

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.

The CEO of the ChatGPT creator also says he is going to meet the Chinese start-up, thought not at the AI Action Summit in Paris.

As competition heats up, Sam Altman has announced plans to merge OpenAI's scattered AI models into a single system that "just works."

OpenAI's Sam Altman praised Chinese rival DeepSeek for its innovative chatbot, acknowledging the competitive landscape in AI.

In contrast with OpenAI, which follows a closed model, DeepSeek’s AI model discloses its full chain of reasoning in an open source model. Altman called DeepSeek’s R1 model “impressive” during a short thread on X.com early last week.

Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, has admitted his company has a problem. In a Reddit AMA on Friday, Sam said OpenAI may have been wrong by keeping its AI tech locked

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman admitted that the company has been too secretive about its AI technology. While he supports greater transparency, it's not Ope