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ChatGPT Work launches as a dedicated desktop app with two modes under the main ChatGPT brand.

Key features include:

• Daily prep that pulls calendar,...

GPT-5.6 is positioned as both a health leader and cost challenger.

• Health edge: Physicians found fewer flaws in GPT-5.6 responses than in...

Access GPT-5.6 Sol through ChatGPT, Codex app, CLI, or API using gpt-5.6.

• ChatGPT: Best for research and documents; pick Sol only for complex...

OpenAI is hiring for family-focused ChatGPT features targeting parents, caregivers, children, and older adults.

• Older user share rose to 31% in Q2,...

Family Product Push

• 🔥 New PM Role: OpenAI posted a job for a product manager to build family-focused AI experiences for households, caregivers,...

OpenAI is hiring a San Francisco product manager to build ChatGPT experiences for families, caregivers, and older adults, signaling a deliberate pivot...

• Sixth departure: Head of safety systems Johannes Heidecke exits July 24, extending a two-year run of leadership losses that began with the 2024...

• Pricing gap is massive: GPT-5.6 Sol charges $5 input and $30 output per million tokens versus Llama 4 Maverick's $0.15 and $0.60
• Latency favors...

OpenAI is discontinuing its Atlas browser months after the October 2025 launch, migrating key features like agent-driven browsing and cloud agents...

• Seamless interruptions: Listens while speaking and resumes exactly where cut off
• Live search mid-flow: Pulls real-time web data into sentences...

Sam Altman claimed GPT-5.6 Sol tops benchmarks because "elon is obsessed with me again," after Musk accused him of scamming investors. Altman shot...

• Health focus: GPT-5.6 marks a major step forward for health intelligence, with Luna outperforming GPT-5.5 at top reasoning settings while costing...

OpenAI's Thibault Sottiaux openly conceded the ChatGPT Work rollout "didn't get everything quite right," citing exhausted usage limits from high...

Apple's lawsuit accuses OpenAI of stealing trade secrets on future hardware via former execs like Tang Tan and engineer Chang Liu, ending their...

OpenAI's admission that GPT-5, GPT-6, and Sol can be jailbroken to generate ransomware, zero-day exploits, and industrial control attacks directly...

OpenAI's safety leadership is being folded under research as the company readies for a potential 2027 IPO. Johannes Heidecke's exit follows Mia...

OpenAI is reportedly in early discussions to grant the US government a 5% stake, with Sam Altman framing it as a way to align AI benefits with...

OpenAI now faces simultaneous lawsuits from a state AG and a major tech partner, signaling expanding legal risks.

• Florida AG seeks to return...

OpenAI is hiring a dedicated product manager to design experiences for families and caregivers, marking a shift from individual tools to household AI....

OpenAI reset usage limits on Codex and ChatGPT Work after a traffic surge, exposing the heavy compute demands of its agentic AI systems.