OpenAI Pivots to Counter Gemini 3

OpenAI has fundamentally shifted from a position of unchallenged dominance to a defensive “code red” as Google made gains in a part of the AI model development process that OpenAI has struggled in for the last 12 months. We asked Deep Research to analyze Sam Altman’s urgent pivot to the new “Garlic” model and the resulting delay of commercial initiatives. Here is the response.