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WSJ Minute Briefing

OpenAI Issues 'Code Red' for Urgent ChatGPT Fix

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus: Bitcoin makes a comeback after tumbling more than 6% yesterday. And Netflix sweetens its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery in a second round of bids as it tries to outdo rival Paramount. Caitlin McCabe hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:02.0

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0:04.2

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0:08.3

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0:12.4

Did we mention it's cheesy?

0:13.9

Cheese.

0:15.8

Availments with the 4th of Jan, 2026 from 11 a.m.

0:18.1

Plus and participation may vary.

0:19.2

Subjects availability.

0:22.6

Here's your morning brief for Tuesday, December 2nd. I'm Caitlin McCabe for the Wall Street Journal.

0:28.7

The AI arms race is continuing to accelerate, with OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman telling

0:34.9

employees in an internal memo that the company was declaring a

0:38.2

code-read effort to improve the quality of chat GPT. It's the clearest indication yet of the

0:44.0

pressure Open AI is facing from competitors as its lead in the industry narrows. We report that

0:49.7

Altman has grown particularly concerned about Google, which released a new version of its Gemini AI model

0:55.5

last month. Bitcoin is making a bit of a comeback this morning after tumbling more than 6% yesterday

1:01.9

in its biggest one-day drop since March. That puts the cryptocurrency slightly above $85,000,

1:08.5

a long way off its all-time intraday high of more than $126,000.

1:13.8

The recent crypto route coincides with a broader investor retreat from riskier assets,

1:18.1

but the ferocity of the Bitcoin sell-off has stoked worries that another so-called crypto winter

1:23.2

could be underway. And Netflix has sweetened its offer for Warner Brothers Discovery in a second

1:29.6

round of bids as it tries to outdo rival Paramount. We've learned that the streamer has made a

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