OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has set off a “code red” alert to employees to improve its flagship product, ChatGPT, and delay other product developments, according to The Wall Street Journal. The newspaper reported that Altman sent an internal memo to staff Monday saying more work was needed to enhance the artificial intelligence

Three years ago on Sunday, OpenAI released ChatGPT and accidentally started an arms race. The chatbot hit a million users in five days, forced Google to declare a "code red," and convinced Silicon Valley that artificial general intelligence was just around the corner and whoever got there first would win big.