OpenAI Declares "Code Red" as Google Gemini 3 and Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5 Intensify Competition

Summary

CNBC reported on December 2, 2025, that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared an internal "Code Red" at the company, temporarily sidelining several projects to marshal resources toward improving ChatGPT as competitive pressure from Google and Anthropic intensified. The move was triggered by Google's announcement of Gemini 3, which topped the LMArena Leaderboard with a breakthrough Elo score of 1501 and demonstrated PhD-level reasoning with 37.5% on Humanity's Last Exam and 91.9% on GPQA Diamond. Anthro