Altman Memo Forecasts ‘Rough Vibes’ Due to Resurgent Google

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told colleagues last month that Google’s recent progress in artificial intelligence could “create some temporary economic headwinds for our company,” though he added that OpenAI would emerge ahead. After OpenAI researchers heard that Google had created a new AI that appears to have leapfrogged OpenAI’s in the way it was developed, Altman said in the memo that “we know we have some work to do but we are catching up fast.” Still, he cautioned employees that “I expect the...