ChatGPT has been on a tear recently, adding apps that appear in the chat window, in-app shopping, and Spotify integration. OpenAI also launched ChatGPT Atlas, an AI-centric browser meant to compete against the Perplexity Comet and Opera Neon AI browsers that beat it to market.

All that branching off has distracted ChatGPT from focusing on its core mission, according to news of a memo, as reported in stories by The Wall Street Journal and The Information published on Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has declared a “Code Red” that ChatGPT needs to re-focus its mission in the face of stiffened competition. But is ChatGPT’s situation really as dramatic as it sounds?

code red?

We’re all on the outside looking in. It’s obvious that we don’t have the deep look into the company

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