According to Odaily, during a Reddit AMA session, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admitted that DeepSeek has diminished OpenAI's leadership in the AI sector. Altman stated, "We were on the wrong side of history regarding open source. I believe a different open-source strategy is needed. Not everyone at OpenAI agrees with this view, and it is not our current priority. We will produce better models, but our lead will not be as significant as before."