The AI industry is getting more intense as companies aggressively focus on bringing forward cutting-edge technology and making the next breakthrough. While OpenAI has established itself firmly in the field and has extensively expanded its services, DeepSeek has been getting considerable attention lately for its cost-effective model, and the China-based startup has even surpassed ChatGPT in the Apple App Store charts. While OpenAI's Sam Altman did take notice of the growing hype DeekSeek's r1 model has been getting and seemed encouraging of the competition, he also took the opportunity to remind users of the products it has in the pipeline. […]