OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman said he believes his company should consider giving away its AI models, a potentially seismic strategy shift in the same week China’s DeepSeek has upended the artificial-intelligence industry.

DeepSeek's rise in popularity has put OpenAI under pressure, leading CEO Sam Altman to suggest a reevaluation of the company's open-source strategy. OpenAI's models lack the detailed reasoning found in DeepSeek R1,