--- title: "OpenAI Rages at Report That Google’s New AI Crushes GPT-4" description: "OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was clearly annoyed by a blog post declaring that Google's forthcoming Gemini model will quickly surpass GPT-4." date: "2023-08-31" modified: "2023-08-31" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-report-google-ai-gpt-4" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "Google" - "OpenAI" tags: - "ai" - "Google" - "OpenAI" - "the digest" --- # OpenAI Rages at Report That Google’s New AI Crushes GPT-4 ![OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was clearly annoyed by a blog post declaring that Google's forthcoming Gemini model will quickly surpass GPT-4.]() *\Image: Kevin Dietsch via Getty / Futurism\* ## Clash of the TAItans Buttons? Pressed. Over the weekend, researchers Dylan Patel and Daniel Nishball, who together write a semiconductor blog called *SemiAnalysis*, [published a controversial post]() declaring that Google's secretive upcoming AI model, [dubbed Gemini](), is about to blow OpenAI's GPT-4 out of the water. According to the blog — brusquely titled "Google Gemini Eats The World — Gemini Smashes GPT-4 By 5X, The GPU-Poors" — Google's expansive infrastructure of advanced GPUs gives the Silicon Valley stalwart and its next-gen model a leg up over the latest iteration of OpenAI's GPT-4. Which, as conversations across sites like X-formerly-Twitter and Hacker News made clear, is a contentious take. Does more computing power *really* equal a better AI model? It's a fascinating question, and some online debates got heated. But no one, it seems, was more perturbed by the statements in the blog than OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who [took to X-formerly-Twitter on Monday]() to scoff at the researchers' analysis. "Incredible Google got that *SemiAnalysis* guy to publish their internal marketing/recruiting chart," Altman wrote in the post, referring to an infrastructure chart included in the blog. His signoff to the message: "lol." ## Meme Team Patel, one of the blog authors, didn't take Altman's critiques lying down, and on Tuesday hit back with an [X post]() of his own. "Sundar to the GPU-poors," the researcher captioned the post, which included an NSFW meme of Google-owning Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai appearing to force-feed milk to Altman. "The data is from a supplier of Google," Patel added, "and we made the chart." It's not surprising that Altman isn't a fan of the *SemiAnalysis* post, given that it pretty much just says that Google products will absolutely wallop OpenAI's by the end of the year. And to his credit, as a number of netizens pointed out, the Semi**c**onductors Rule All argument might lack some nuance. "Computational power alone is not the only resource. It is also the training process itself... and, obviously, data and its quality," [one Hacker News user wrote](), as [caught by *Insider*](). "I will be convinced only after Google demonstrates that Gemini is better than GPT4 (in some, or all, tasks)." A fair point. Still, it's *also* true that, though OpenAI's ChatGPT release kickstarted the *public* view of the AI race, Google — which has used its immensely deep pockets to pioneer the world of AI R&D for some time now — likely has some powerful stuff up its sleeves. Regardless, at the end of the day, it's always fun to witness Silicon Valley's most powerful bristle at any affront to their perceived superiority. **More on AI:** [*AI's Dirty Secret: Poor People in the Developing World Are Doing Most of the Work*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()