OpenAI's Sam Altman is making the rounds in D.C. on Thursday in an attempt to show unity with President Trump and announce a new initiative to make sure the government has the most capable AI. Why it matters: Tech companies see an opportunity in the new Trump administration to shape AI policy.

One of the more revealing things to come out of the chaos was the response to DeepSeek from Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company that makes ChatGPT. In a thread on X, Altman called the model “impressive” and said that it was “legit invigorating” to have a competitor:

Altman and Musk were OpenAI’s founding co-chairs in 2015, but their relationship has devolved into name-calling and lawsuits.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took the technology world by surprise on Thursday with the release of Operator, his company's first AI agent that can act

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will brief U.S. officials on super-agents—AI systems set to revolutionize software development, finance, and event planning.

Anupam Mittal’s comments come as DeepSeek, developed by a Chinese startup, has stunned the global AI community, matching the performance of some of OpenAI’s top models and surpassing ChatGPT on the iO

Sam Altman's OpenAI launched ChatGPT Gov on Tuesday, which the company said government agencies could use to input sensitive information.

"And of course it's smarter than us. Of course, it can do things we can't, but also who really cares? I think it's only weird for us in this one transition time."

Sam Altman hailed the Chinese firm's low-cost AI model as "impressive" and said OpenAI would accelerate the release of "better models" in response.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Monday called Chinese AI startup DeepSeek's R1 an "impressive model" and pledged his company would "deliver much better models" in the future. Why it matters: DeepSeek's announcement that its new model that's cheaper than U.

Amid the rise of China's cheap AI model DeepSeek, Sam Altman is facing backlash for his old remark about AI startups under $10 million.