By Paresh Dave
Publication Date: 2025-12-19 16:00:00
If OpenAI As the company declared a “Code Red” this month to refocus its teams on competing with Google, I’m reminded of December three years ago when the companies’ roles were reversed. Google was the one that sounded the alarm bells about catching up with OpenAI. What followed the next month, in January 2023, were the first widespread layoffs in Google’s history. “A difficult decision to prepare for the future,” as the company described it at the time.
I wonder if the ChatGPT developer might make similar staff cuts early next year. This speculation inspired me to make a whole series of predictions about what might happen in the coming year. Here’s a look at six of the ideas, refined with the real intelligence of WIRED colleagues.
Data center disinformation
Communities around the world are fighting against the construction of data centers. In the United States, many activists organize on social media using tools such as Facebook groups. The Chinese and Russian governments…
