"In 2025, OpenAI has battled the perception that it was ceding ground in the AI race to Chinese rivals like DeepSeek, all while the company has tried to shore up its relationship with Washington, pursued ambitious data center projects, and laid the groundwork for one of the largest funding rounds in history. Most recently though, headlines around OpenAI have focused on its competition gaining ground, with CEO Sam Altman's "code red" internal memo shifting company focus toward its flagship chatbot."
"OpenAI highlights enterprise surge as Google pressure grows OpenAI says enterprise use of its AI tools has surged, with ChatGPT message volume up 8x since late 2024 and workers saving up to an hour a day. The data underscores OpenAI's push to win enterprise customers as competition heats up from Google, Anthropic, and open-model rivals, a recurring theme in you'll see in recent updates."
"OpenAI rolled out its latest model, GPT-5.2, as competition with Google continued to heat up. The model will roll out to paid ChatGPT users and developers in three versions - Instant, Thinking, and Pro - tailored for everything from everyday tasks to complex reasoning and high-accuracy work. Disney partners with OpenAI to bring its characters to Sora AI videos Disney has signed a three-year deal with OpenAI, investing $1 billion and bringing characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars to OpenAI's Sora video generator."
OpenAI faced perceptions in 2025 that it was ceding ground to Chinese rivals such as DeepSeek while pursuing stronger ties with Washington, expanding data center projects, and preparing a major funding round. Leadership redirected focus toward the flagship chatbot after CEO Sam Altman's internal "code red" memo. Product momentum included an enterprise surge with ChatGPT message volume up eightfold since late 2024 and reported worker time savings. OpenAI launched GPT-5.2 in Instant, Thinking, and Pro variants for varied accuracy and reasoning needs. Strategic moves included a $1 billion, three-year Disney partnership to add licensed characters to Sora video generation.
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