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.

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.

In a Reddit AMA, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that he believes OpenAI has been 'on the wrong side of history' concerning its open source approach.

Perhaps Stargate, OpenAI’s flashy new infrastructure project, will ease the feeling of scarcity internally. Crusoe, the company building Stargate’s first data centers in Abilene, Texas, has already broken ground on a 998,000 square foot facility, according to Andrew Schmitt, a spokesperson for the company.

Sam Altman made a shocking admission yesterday, referring to his OpenAI company as being on the wrong side of history. This is regarding the subject of open-source AI. The news is awfully interesting as it proves a major shift in terms of strategy.

If OpenAI LLC were a listed company, Monday would have been a very bad day for the stock. But Chief Executive Sam Altman also happens to be chairman of another, less well-known company that is listed,

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

The lights dimmed as five actors took their places around a table on a makeshift stage in a New York City art gallery turned theater for the night. Wine and water flowed through the intimate space as the house — packed with media — sat to witness the premiere of “Doomers,