OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says, 'DeepSeek-R1 is great, but we're planning to release even more amazing AI models.'



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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, a leader in the AI industry, commented on DeepSeek , a Chinese AI company that has been the talk of the industry for developing low-cost, high-performance AI models, saying on X (formerly Twitter), 'The DeepSeek-R1 is an impressive model, but we plan to announce even better AI.'

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On January 28, 2025, CEO Altman updated his X account and said, 'DeepSeek's R1 is an impressive model, especially in that it offers features that are worth the price. Obviously, we can deliver better models than the R1, and it's really exciting to have a new competitor! We have some releases coming up.'




Altman added, 'But primarily, we're excited to continue executing on our research roadmap, and we believe compute is more critical than ever to the success of our mission. The world wants to use AI heavily, and we're going to be truly amazed when the next generation models arrive.'




Finally, he said, 'We look forward to bringing you artificial general intelligence (AGI) and beyond.'




In addition, during a question-and-answer session at a conference for Indian venture capitalists in June 2023, CEO Altman was asked by an Indian engineer, 'Can you really build something big for $10 million instead of $100 million?' He responded with a rather disdainful attitude, 'Look, this is like telling you that you have no hope of competing with us in training basic models. You shouldn't try, and it's your job to try anyway. I believe in both,' he said, 'However, I think that's pretty unlikely,' saying that a $10 million startup cannot compete with OpenAI. You can check out the video below.




Entrepreneur Arnaud Bertrand, who discovered this comment, mocked CEO Altman's remarks, saying, 'Looking back on it, it's a pretty funny statement.'

DeepSeek claims that training the AI model R1 will cost just $5.6 million (about 870 million yen).

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