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OpenAI is launching verified "Business Agents" in ChatGPT, agents that represent a brand and help users with tasks like comparison shopping. The feature is in beta and available first to eligible e-commerce and online service businesses in the US.

Anthropic's new Personal Finance feature for Claude does not use hub conversations for model training by default. OpenAI's ChatGPT Finances, which debuted in May, applies the user's existing training settings, where "Improve the model for everyone" is on by default. Engadget compared the two.

ChatGPT can now create animated GIFs from a text prompt or an uploaded photo, with controls for playback speed and individual frames. The feature ships with OpenAI's new Images 2.6 model, which OpenAI says also generates images faster. OpenAI says users now generate over 4 billion images per week across ChatGPT and its API.

OpenAI is merging the Chat and Work tabs in the ChatGPT desktop app, according to an email sent to users. The rollout starts with select users for feedback before a wider release. Codex remains a separate experience, but ChatGPT and Codex will draw tokens from the same allowance pool.

Starting in December, ChatGPT Plus, Pro and Business plans will share a single token budget across ChatGPT and Codex, according to an updated OpenAI support page. Chats with Instant models won't count toward the budget. OpenAI is folding Work's agentic features into the main ChatGPT interface.

OpenAI said on Friday it is tightening limits on the weapons-related information ChatGPT provides to teens, even when a question appears harmless. Reuters reported the change as part of new safeguards.

OpenAI has doubled Work and Codex usage quotas on its Pro 100 and Pro 500 plans. On Pro 200 it doubled the lower quota and reversed a planned cut after user pushback. The Plus plan is unchanged.

OpenAI announced on October 28 (US time) that ChatGPT Pro and Business plans now include monthly API usage credit of up to $500. Free, Go, Plus, Enterprise and Edu plans are not eligible. Users must sign in to ChatGPT and the API with the same email address.

OpenAI has started rolling out a preview that lets US Pro users text their Dot agents over iMessage or RCS. Users can send text, photos and voice memos, and the Dot can message back proactively with task updates.

OpenAI announced iCloud Mail and Calendar plugin support for ChatGPT on October 27, 2026. The plugins are available on all ChatGPT plans on web, desktop and iOS, according to the official ChatGPT account on X. 9to5Mac reports it may enable the Dots proactive agent feature for iCloud users for the first time.

OpenAI has upgraded its ChatGPT Chrome extension with a sidebar that reads across open tabs. Through ChatGPT Work, it can also control Chrome tabs to send messages, fill out forms and download files. TechRadar tested the form-filling feature and found it useful but in need of supervision.

OpenAI is gradually rolling out locked chats in ChatGPT, which hides selected conversations behind a 4-digit PIN. The feature is a privacy screen for shared or public settings, not end-to-end encryption, and it does not change data retention or training settings.

OpenAI has upgraded its ChatGPT Chrome extension so ChatGPT can view your open tabs when you tag Chrome in the web or desktop app. The update also adds a sidebar with full conversation history and lets ChatGPT Work control tabs to fill forms, send messages, and download files.

OpenAI is rolling out GPT-6 to all ChatGPT tiers, with paying users on GPT-6 Sol and free users on GPT-6 Luna. The release adds 'Intelligent UI,' which renders answers as interactive charts, buttons, forms and mini apps, and lets the model respond while still thinking. OpenAI claims this cuts wait times by 44 percent.

OpenAI will switch on invisible text watermarks called textGrain for ChatGPT and Codex users in the EU over the coming weeks. API watermarking will be opt-in worldwide, unlike Anthropic's mandatory approach for Claude. OpenAI's own data shows detection drops sharply when text is edited.

OpenAI launched two shopping features in ChatGPT globally on Thursday: a virtual try-on tool for clothing and accessories, and a Favorites function for saving products. OpenAI says both use its newly launched ChatGPT Images 2.5 model. Pricing and plan availability were not disclosed in the source reporting.

OpenAI announced a suite of Dev Day features—including in-chat app discovery, 'Sign in with ChatGPT,' autonomous Dots agents, and a new enterprise app marketplace—aimed at making ChatGPT a distribution channel that rivals Apple and Google's app stores. The company says ChatGPT now has 1.2 billion weekly users and connects to over 4,000 apps.

OpenAI announced Space, a shared ChatGPT workspace, alongside Pages (a document editor) and collaborative slides at its Dev Day conference. The features let coworkers and AI agent personas called Dots collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations directly inside ChatGPT.

At DevDay, OpenAI announced a broad expansion of ChatGPT beyond chat: an open plugin platform, shared team workspaces called Space, native Slack and Microsoft Teams integration, workflow automation via MCP Events, and a new enterprise marketplace with 32 launch partners including Adobe, Figma, and Salesforce.

OpenAI announced Dots, a personal agentic assistant powered by GPT-6 Astra, at its Dev Day event. Dots operate independently of any specific app or hardware, pursuing user-defined goals in the background with minimal oversight.

OpenAI is teasing 20+ announcements for its DevDay 2026 event, streaming live at 10am PT/1pm ET on September 29. Expectations center on a consumer-facing AI agent to counter xAI's Grok Bot and Meta's Muse.

OpenAI is upgrading ChatGPT Voice with three changes: it now runs on GPT-6 models, supports plugins like email and Slack, and integrates with ChatGPT Work on web and mobile. The update addresses a longstanding gap between voice mode and OpenAI's broader feature set.

OpenAI has released GPT-6 Sol and Luna, updated versions of its mid-tier and lightweight models, priced at half the cost of their GPT-5.6 predecessors. The company claims GPT-6 Sol makes roughly half as many factual errors as its predecessor, reaching what it calls 'Astra-level reliability' at lower cost.

Meta's Muse AI agent app overtook ChatGPT as the top free iOS app in the U.S., racking up 730,000 downloads in its first five days, according to Sensor Tower. The app, powered by Meta's Muse Spark model family, marks Zuckerberg's biggest push yet into AI agents.

Developer PDFU discovered private hooks in iOS 27 and macOS 27 code that let apps register as Siri Extensions, potentially allowing users to swap Siri AI's backend for Claude, ChatGPT, or other third-party models. The feature is present in code but not currently enabled.

OpenAI has released the Agents API in public beta, giving developers access to the same cloud infrastructure that powers Codex and ChatGPT. The API supports long-running agents, parallel tool use, and sub-agent delegation, with billing based solely on token usage.

OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Financial Services, a tailored enterprise product built with design partners Morgan Stanley and Evercore that automates research, financial analysis, and pitchbook creation. The tool, powered by GPT-6 Astra, targets tasks traditionally performed by Wall Street's junior analysts and associates.

OpenAI has released ChatGPT Images 2.5, an upgrade to its image generation system that cuts latency by up to 50% compared to Images 2.0 and improves multi-turn editing accuracy. The company also launched two API-accessible models, GPT-Image-2.5 Flare and Sunburst, for developers.

OpenAI has begun rolling out GPT-6 Astra to top-tier ChatGPT plans, the API, Azure, and AWS Bedrock. The model delivers roughly half the usage allowance of GPT-5.6 Sol across comparable plans, with Plus and Business users gaining access in the coming days.

The Pentagon has added OpenAI's ChatGPT Mil and xAI's Grok for Government to its GenAI.mil platform, which previously offered only Google Gemini. Anthropic's Claude remains excluded after a supply-chain risk dispute with the Trump administration.

OpenAI has enabled ChatGPT and Codex users to connect multiple Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts accounts to a single plugin, removing a prior one-account limitation. The change was confirmed by OpenAI engineer Gabriel Chua on August 28, 2026.

OpenAI is developing a 'Persistent Mode' for its Codex agent that keeps the AI running until manually stopped, according to code discovered by WIRED. The feature includes a 'proactivity' capability allowing the agent to generate follow-up tasks and contact users without being asked.

OpenAI's agentic ChatGPT Work feature can now log into websites on your behalf without repeated credential entry, storing login sessions via cookies in its built-in browser. Security experts warn the feature creates identity and session-hijacking risks, even though OpenAI says ChatGPT never sees your actual username or password.

OpenAI has extended ChatGPT's task scheduling menu to free accounts, a feature previously limited to paid tiers since its June launch. Paid subscribers also gain the ability to trigger prompts based on events in Gmail, Slack, and GitHub, and all users can now share scheduled tasks with others.

OpenAI has released the Admin plugin for ChatGPT Work and Codex, letting workspace administrators manage users, permissions, and usage limits through conversational commands. The plugin is available now in the ChatGPT Work Plugins directory.

OpenAI will reinstate a five-hour usage limit for Codex and ChatGPT Work on Plus subscriptions starting August 25, 2026, after weeks of running only a weekly cap. Pro $100 and Pro $200 plans remain exempt from the change for the foreseeable future.

OpenAI has added an Apple Messages plugin to ChatGPT for Mac, allowing the AI to read, search, and send iMessage, SMS, and RCS conversations. The feature is available across all plans but currently limited to Apple silicon Macs.

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Teens, a version of its chatbot that activates automatically when systems estimate a user is 13-17, applying default safety guardrails and study-focused features. The rollout includes homework shortcut detection, quizzes, learning visualizations, and expanded parental notifications covering eating disorder risk signals.

OpenAI has expanded ChatGPT's Google Drive integration, allowing paid subscribers to add Drive files to their ChatGPT Library and edit them directly inside the chat interface. The edits apply to the actual file in Drive, not a copied version.

OpenAI has replaced ChatGPT for Mac's Chronicle research preview with Computer History, an opt-in feature that builds a searchable activity timeline using macOS accessibility events instead of screenshots. The feature is available to ChatGPT Pro, Business, and Enterprise users, excluding the EEA, Switzerland, and the UK.

Three independent data sources — Pangram, OpenRouter, and Similarweb — indicate Google's Gemini is losing market share to ChatGPT and Claude. Pangram reports Gemini's share fell from 12% to 1.9% between tracking periods, while Anthropic climbed from 4.3% to 14.9%.

An APK teardown of ChatGPT's Android app reveals a hidden 'ChatGPT Stickers' feature that would let users create custom stickers and export them directly into WhatsApp as sticker packs. The feature is unreleased and its public launch timeline is unknown.

OpenAI will remove text chat rate limits for ChatGPT Free and Go users starting next week and add a 'Think' button for deeper reasoning. Plus and Pro subscribers get an updated GPT-5.6 Sol model that OpenAI claims is more accurate with facts, dates, and sourcing.

OpenAI's ChatGPT Work, launched July 9th as an agent product for knowledge work, has reportedly crossed 10 million users in three weeks. Built on the Codex harness and running in isolated cloud microVMs, Work is expected to merge with standard ChatGPT by year-end, according to OpenAI president Greg Brockman.

ChatGPT is refusing prompts to write in the style of specific authors, both living and dead, citing copyright concerns. The change marks a shift from earlier behavior documented by researchers, though the chatbot still offers to write content with similar stylistic qualities.

OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Voice to its desktop app today, powered by GPT-Live, allowing users to talk through work tasks and coordinate agents in Chat, Work, and Codex. The update also adds multi-folder support for local projects.

OpenAI is relaunching its ChatGPT Health feature, expanding access to all US-based logged-in users 18 and older after a lackluster initial pilot that began in January 2026. The feature connects to Apple Health and medical records to provide personalized health context in ChatGPT conversations.

OpenAI is discontinuing ChatGPT Atlas, its standalone desktop browser, with a targeted deprecation date of August 9, 2026. The company is consolidating Atlas capabilities into a new ChatGPT desktop app that includes ChatGPT Work agent and Codex integration.

OpenAI has released GPT-Live-1, a full-duplex voice model that can speak and listen simultaneously, replacing ChatGPT's previous turn-based voice system. The model automatically routes queries to GPT-5.5 for reasoning tasks and includes real-time translation capabilities.

OpenAI announced GPT-5.6, a three-tier model series launching through a limited preview coordinated with the U.S. government. The models—Sol, Terra, and Luna—are priced from $1/$6 to $5/$30 per million input/output tokens and introduce new max and ultra reasoning modes.