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

The ChatGPT maker’s leaders are actively looking at which areas to deprioritise, the report says

FILE PHOTO: OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI's top executives are finalising 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 deprioritise, the Journal said, adding that they expect to notify staff about the changes in the coming weeks.

OpenAI declined to comment.