Overview

• After backlash over GPT-5’s colder persona, Sam Altman said OpenAI “totally screwed up” the rollout and restored access to GPT-4/4o for users.
• Altman said API traffic doubled within 48 hours of launch, yet GPU shortages have left OpenAI “out of GPUs,” delaying wider deployment of more capable models.
• He projected spending in the trillions of dollars on data-center construction “in the not very distant future,” describing compute as the core bottleneck for growth.
• Altman warned of bubble dynamics in AI with “insane” startup valuations and said “someone’s going to lose a phenomenal amount of money,” even as he called the technology profoundly important.
• CNBC reported OpenAI is preparing a roughly $6 billion secondary sale valuing the company near $500 billion, and Altman said the firm will avoid sexually explicit chatbots while monitoring unhealthy user relationships.