OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman on Feb 5 said India is now OpenAI’s second-largest market by number of users, which have tripled in the past year.

OpeniAI CEO Sam Altman admitted the company's goals have shifted in the wake of DeepSeek staking its claim to the AI industry in a recent Reddit AMA.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

While Altman said he was initially sceptical of DeepSeek's low cost claims, he regarded the making of powerful small language models the most exciting development in the past year.

DeepSeek’s success has prompted discussions about whether training large language models truly requires billions of dollars in capital and cutting-edge semiconductor technology. Altman himself acknowledged the significance of DeepSeek’s progress, describing its R1 model as “impressive” for the limited funding it reportedly received.

On Friday, six of the top leaders at OpenAI held an AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) session on the r/OpenAI subreddit. One of the commenters was CEO Sam Altman, who revealed his personal feelings on his company’s approach to open source AI models.

OpenAI recently held an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit, addressing important issues, including its $500 billion bet on Stargate, AGI, cost-effective competition from DeepSeek, and open-source strategy.