OpenAI shifts resources from long-horizon AI research to accelerate ChatGPT and core LLM development

OpenAI is redirecting resources from long-term experimental work toward enhancing ChatGPT and its underlying large language models, while facing competition at a roughly $500 billion valuation. This strategic pivot has coincided with the departure of several senior researchers and complaints that non‑LLM projects such as Sora and DALL-E receive fewer resources.