🚨 OpenAI Code Red: Altman Accelerates ChatGPT Upgrades

NewBits Media
6 days ago
2 min read

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has told employees the company is entering an internal OpenAI code red surge, rapidly accelerating improvements to ChatGPT after Google’s newest upgrades. The company is shifting priorities and fast-tracking a new model internally codenamed Garlic.

🧠 OpenAI Code Red: Key Details

📌 Major Feature Push

Altman called this “a critical time for ChatGPT,” directing teams to upgrade personalization, image generation, and overall capability.

🚀 New Model Next Week

A new reasoning model, Shallotpeat, is set to launch and is positioned as a major step toward stronger competitive performance.

🧬 Bigger Upgrade Coming

The fast-tracked model Garlic is aimed at 2026 — potentially a GPT-5.2 or 5.5-level release designed to fix key pre-training limitations.

⏸️ Ads & Agents Delayed

OpenAI is pausing advertising and AI agent rollouts to focus entirely on improving ChatGPT’s consumer experience during the surge.

🌍 Why it’s important

In 2022, Google sounded the alarm over ChatGPT. Now, the roles have flipped. ChatGPT remains the market leader, but competition has intensified:

Google’s Gemini 3

Anthropic’s Opus 4.5

China’s rapid open-source wave

OpenAI’s innovation pace is being challenged more than ever. This OpenAI code red shift signals a crucial moment in the global AI race — one that will shape the tools students, educators, businesses, and creators use every day.

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