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What Drove OpenAI’s ‘Code Red’ for ChatGPT

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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P.M. Edition for Dec. 9. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared a “code red” last week to prioritize the company’s ChatGPT chatbot after a competitive threat from Google. WSJ reporter Sam Schechner explains what drove that decision and the implications it could have for ChatGPT, the world’s dominant chatbot. Plus, what investors expect as the Federal Reserve kicks off its last meeting of the year ahead of tomorrow’s rate decision. And why is it so hard to get a clear picture of the economic health of U.S. consumers? WSJ’s Telis Demos says one reason is the rise of a lending alternative: private credit. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6

What investors expect ahead of the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates tomorrow.

0:37.8

Plus, why OpenAI declared a code red to focus on chat GPT and what that means for its future.

0:44.4

It feels like just the conversation around AI chatbots has suddenly said, hey, Google, and that's been a real challenge for the company.

0:53.0

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and that the country should accept a U.S. peace plan.

0:59.1

It's Tuesday, December 9th.

1:01.1

I'm Alex O'Sulliffe at the Wall Street Journal.

1:03.6

This is the PM edition of What's News,

1:06.2

the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

1:20.3

Today, Federal Reserve officials gathered for their final two-day rate-setting meeting of the year.

1:25.7

They won't announce their decision until tomorrow, but they're expected to cut rates by a quarter point,

1:28.4

though as many as half the policymakers have signaled that they oppose a cut. Officials have been unusually divided over whether a weaker

1:33.7

jobs market or worsening inflation would be harder to fix if the Fed makes the wrong choice now.

1:39.8

Some outside the Fed think that a quarter point rate cut doesn't go far enough, including President

1:45.2

Trump. Another of those people is Kevin Hassett, the director of the White House National Economic

1:51.0

Council, who was widely believed to be Trump's pick to take over as Fed chair next year.

1:56.4

Here's Hassett speaking this morning at the WSJ CEO Council Summit. Journalist Poppy Harlow asked him whether he'd substantially lower interest rates if he became the Fed chair. If the data suggests that we could do it, then like right now I think there's plenty of room to do it. Plenty of room, which plenty is more than 25 points. Correct. Okay. Hassett says he would rely on his own judgment if he were the Fed chair

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