Columbus Global | OpenAI just hit ´code red´

Welcome to our weekly briefing on AI in business. OpenAI just issued a real “code red” as Google and Anthropic closed in faster than expected.

Gemini’s rapid user growth and Claude’s benchmark gains reshaped the leaderboard. OpenAI moved to develop a new model, codenamed Garlic, to regain momentum.

The race is tightening, the models are converging, and the market is maturing, giving enterprises more choice, and more pressure to execute.

Top stories this week:

OpenAI declared Code Red as Google and Anthropic closed the gap, forcing Sam Altman to pause multiple upcoming projects.
Google launched Gemini 3 Pro and its new DeepThink reasoning tier, prompting Geoffrey Hinton to say Google may now overtake OpenAI.
Anthropic struck a $200M Snowflake partnership and is exploring an IPO, positioning itself as the enterprise AI stack.
New data shows the enterprise deployment gap widening, with Microsoft missing internal AI sales targets and only 5% of AI projects scaling beyond pilots.
With GPT, Gemini and Claude converging on benchmarks, enterprise value now hinges more on integration with existing data infrastructure than raw model performance.

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