OpenAI Is Suddenly in Trouble
Victor Tangermann
created: Nov. 20, 2025, 5:10 p.m. | updated: Nov. 30, 2025, 4:41 p.m.
ChatGPT maker OpenAI was dealt a one-two punch on Tuesday, in a pair of separate blows that could undermine the firm’s dominance in the AI field.
Of particular concern for OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: the usership gap is continuing to shrink.
Nobody knows what all of the pressure on OpenAI will amount to.
“OpenAI has basically squandered the technical lead it once had; Google has caught up,” noted AI skeptic Gary Marcus wrote in a recent blog post.
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