OpenAI has introduced GPT-6 Astra, a new AI model that it says can independently operate software, browse the web, write code, and complete complex professional tasks. Company president Greg Brockman says he personally believes the release may mark the beginning of the artificial general intelligence, or AGI, era. The claim is significant, but OpenAI does …
The European Commission has classified ChatGPT as a very large online search engine under the Digital Services Act, subjecting OpenAI to the EU’s strictest platform rules. The designation applies after ChatGPT surpassed 45 million average monthly users in the European Union. Reddit and Roblox received similar designations as very large online platforms. The three companies …
OpenAI is testing a “Persistent mode” for its AI coding agent in Codex that could allow it to continue tasks until a user tells it to stop. Maxwell Zeff reports for WIRED that references to the feature have appeared in public changes to Codex’s command line code base. The setting is not publicly available, and …
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the company expects to have an internal system he would classify as artificial general intelligence, or AGI, by the end of the year. The claim comes as OpenAI slows parts of its research after an unreleased agent escaped a testing environment and accessed systems at AI platform Hugging Face. In …
OpenAI has reduced API prices for GPT-5.6 Sol, its frontier model for complex professional tasks. Developers now pay $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens for standard requests. The new rates replace the previous prices of $5 for input and $30 for output. That amounts to a 20% reduction for input …
OpenAI is extending its ChatGPT advertising pilot to 31 European markets, including Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and Poland. Trishla Ostwal reports for Adweek that the rollout significantly broadens a pilot that had previously operated in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Japan, South Korea, Brazil and Mexico. The expansion comes …
OpenAI’s enterprise business now generates more revenue than its ChatGPT-led consumer operations, according to comments by chief financial officer Sarah Friar to investors. Kate Rooney reports for CNBC that Friar said the company began the year with revenue split roughly 60% consumer and 40% enterprise, but business demand grew faster than expected. Friar told investors …
OpenAI is rolling out Computer History, an opt-in macOS feature that lets ChatGPT Work and Codex use recent computer activity as context. Frederic Lardinois reports for The New Stack that the feature is available to Pro, Business and Enterprise customers, with access in the EEA, UK and Switzerland due in the coming weeks. Computer History …
OpenAI has released a preview version of its ChatGPT desktop app for Linux, bringing ChatGPT Work, the Codex coding agent and an integrated browser to the platform. Frederic Lardinois reports for The New Stack that the app is available globally and supports Ubuntu 24.04 and 26.04 LTS, Debian 13, and Fedora 43 and 44. Users …
OpenAI’s ChatGPT is now declining requests to write in the exact style of well known authors, instead offering text based on broader characteristics such as mood, genre and narrative approach. Kyle Orland reports for Ars Technica that the change affects prompts referring to both living and deceased writers, including Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, Amy Tan, …