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During the AMA, Altman’s comments extended to the competitive landscape as he conceded that DeepMind’s latest model, DeepSeek R1, is “very good,” and indicated that while OpenAI aims to continue leading in model performance, it will maintain “less of a lead than we did in previous years.” Such admissions indicate that OpenAI no longer holds a position of unquestionable dominance. Instead, the AI sector appears to be experiencing rapid advancements, driven in part by effective processes like model distillation, which are helping to close competitive gaps.