OpenAI to cut back on side projects to focus on core business, WSJ reports


The OpenAI logo, a keyboard, and robot hands are seen in this illustration taken January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

March 16 (Reuters) - ⁠ChatGPT-maker OpenAI's top executives ⁠are finalizing plans for ‌a major strategy shift to refocus the company around coding and business ​users, the Wall ⁠Street Journal ⁠reported on Monday.

Fidji Simo, chief of ⁠applications ‌at OpenAI, previewed the changes to ⁠employees in an all-hands meeting, telling ​them ‌that leaders including CEO ⁠Sam Altman ​and chief research officer Mark Chen were actively ⁠looking at which areas ​to deprioritize, the Journal said, adding that they expect to ⁠notify staff about the changes in the coming weeks.

Reuters could not verify the report. ​OpenAI did ⁠not immediately respond to a ​Reuters request for ‌comment.

(Reporting by Fabiola ​Arámburo in Mexico City; Editing by Alan Barona)

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