section_path: History/2024: Public/Non-Profit Efforts, Sora, Partnership with Apple
section_name: Non-Profit Efforts, Sora, Partnership with Apple
paragraph_text: Non-Profit Efforts, Sora, Partnership with Apple
  
  In January 2024, OpenAI partnered with Arizona State University to provide complete access to ChatGPT Enterprise in its first educational collaboration.
  
  In February, amidst SEC probes and investigations into CEO Altman's communications OpenAI unveiled its text-to-video model Sora (text-to-video model), currently available to red teams for managing risks
  
  On February 29, 2024, Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, accusing them of shifting focus from public benefit to profit maximization—a case OpenAI dismissed as “incoherent” and “frivolous,” though Musk later revived legal action against Altman and others in August 2024.
  
  In May 2024, significant leadership changes occurred as Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever resigned—being succeeded by Jakub Pachocki —and co-leader Jan Leike departed amid concerns over safety and trust. That same month, OpenAI formed a partnership with Reddit to integrate its content into OpenAI products and inked content deals with News Corp, along with licensing arrangements involving publishers such as Axios and Vox Media.
  
  In June 2024, OpenAI joined forces with Apple Inc. to integrate ChatGPT features into Apple Intelligence and iPhone and added former NSA head Paul Nakasone to its board, while acquiring Multi, a startup focused on remote collaboration.
  
  In July 2024, Reuters reported that OpenAI was developing a project, codenamed ‘Strawberry’, to enhance AI reasoning—a project later released in September as the o1 model.
  
  In August 2024, cofounder John Schulman left to join rival startup Anthropic, and OpenAI’s president Greg Brockman took extended leave until November.
  
  In September 2024, OpenAI’s global affairs chief endorsed the UK's “smart” AI regulation during testimony to a House of Lords committee, Meanwhile, CTO Mira Murati announced her departure amid internal concerns.
  
  In October 2024, OpenAI secured $6.6 billion in funding—valuing it at $157 billion—with major investors including Microsoft, Nvidia, and SoftBank, It also acquired the domain Chat.com, and saw the return of Greg Brockman after his brief absence.
  
  In December 2024, during the "12 Days of OpenAI" event, the company launched the Sora model for ChatGPT Plus and Pro users, It also launched the advanced OpenAI o1 reasoning model Additionally, ChatGPT Pro—a $200/month subscription service offering unlimited o1 access and enhanced voice features—was introduced, and preliminary benchmark results for the upcoming OpenAI o3 models were shared.