Despite its success, OpenAI has faced significant internal challenges, including the departures of key executives like co-founder Ilya Sutskever and CTO Mira Murati, as well as legal issues involving copyright infringement lawsuits.

Looking ahead, OpenAI plans to discontinue its largest model, GPT-4.5, from the API in July 2025, while expanding its offerings with new GPT-4.1 models that focus on coding tasks.

To enhance user experience, ChatGPT has introduced new business features such as meeting recording and cloud service integration, while also addressing concerns regarding content moderation.

OpenAI's revenue is projected to triple to $12.7 billion in 2025, driven by increased demand for its paid services, although the company does not expect to achieve positive cash flow until 2029.

In 2024, OpenAI made significant advancements, including a partnership with Apple to integrate generative AI into its applications, the release of GPT-4o with voice capabilities, and the anticipated launch of a text-to-video model named Sora.

As of 2025, OpenAI is competing with Chinese AI firms, particularly DeepSeek, and is actively pursuing a major data center expansion while seeking substantial funding.

Sam Altman emphasized the minimal environmental impact of ChatGPT queries, stating that each query uses approximately one-fifteenth of a teaspoon of water and requires only 0.34 watt-hours of electricity.

Recent updates to ChatGPT include the launch of the O3-pro reasoning model, which enhances conversational voice capabilities for more natural interactions and improves language translation.

ChatGPT, the AI chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched in November 2022, has rapidly gained popularity, now boasting 300 million weekly active users as of June 2025.