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OpenAI released an update to Codex for Mac adding Appshots, a new feature that captures both screenshots and text from application windows using a Command-Command keyboard shortcut. The feature accesses content beyond what's visible on screen to provide fuller context to chat threads.

OpenAI has updated Codex in ChatGPT for iOS with push notifications for turn completion, a new /fork command, and fixed a bug preventing Sign in with Apple users from linking the feature. The company continues its pattern of Thursday feature releases for the desktop app.

In a two-hour span Wednesday, OpenAI announced its reasoning model autonomously solved an 80-year-old geometry problem while Anthropic reported it's on track for $10.9 billion in Q2 revenue with $559 million in operating profit—two years ahead of internal projections. The developments came alongside Nvidia's $81.6 billion quarter, Anthropic's $1.25 billion monthly SpaceX compute deal, and a White House AI executive order signing.

OpenAI claims its new reasoning model has produced an original mathematical proof disproving a geometry conjecture first posed by Paul Erdős in 1946. The company says this is the first time AI has autonomously solved a prominent open problem central to a field of mathematics, with verification from mathematicians including Thomas Bloom and Noga Alon.

OpenAI is rolling out a preview feature allowing ChatGPT Pro users in the US to connect their bank accounts through Plaid for personalized financial advice. The integration provides access to 12,000+ financial institutions and generates visual dashboards of user finances.

OpenAI has integrated its Codex coding agent into the ChatGPT mobile app for iOS and Android, allowing developers to monitor live development environments and manage workflows from their phones. The update, announced May 14, 2026, is now available in preview across all ChatGPT plans.

OpenAI has integrated remote Codex control into the ChatGPT mobile apps for iPhone and Android. Users can now approve tasks, review outputs, and manage Codex running on Mac computers, laptops, or remote environments directly from their smartphones.

A month after its initial release, a newer checkpoint of Anthropic's Mythos Preview became the first model to complete the UK AI Safety Institute's 'Cooling Tower' cyber range, solving it in 3 of 10 attempts. The model also completed 'The Last Ones' range in 6 of 10 attempts, surpassing OpenAI's GPT-5.5 and demonstrating capability improvements within a single model version.

OpenAI has launched Daybreak, a cybersecurity platform built on three GPT-5.5 model variants designed to detect software vulnerabilities, generate patches, and validate fixes in enterprise codebases. The platform directly competes with Anthropic's Mythos and includes partnerships with eight major security companies including Cisco, Cloudflare, and CrowdStrike.

OpenAI announced GPT-5.5-Cyber is rolling out in limited preview to vetted cybersecurity teams and is in discussions with the European Commission about preview access. Anthropic released its Mythos model a month ago but has yet to grant EU access for security review.

OpenAI has added three voice intelligence features to its Realtime API: GPT-Realtime-2 with GPT-5-class reasoning for complex conversational requests, GPT-Realtime-Translate supporting 70 input languages and 13 output languages, and GPT-Realtime-Whisper for live speech-to-text transcription. Translation and transcription are billed by the minute, while GPT-Realtime-2 uses token-based pricing.

OpenAI released GPT-5.5-Cyber in limited preview on Thursday, a variant of its GPT-5.5 model with relaxed safeguards for vetted cybersecurity teams. The model is trained to be more permissive on security-related tasks including vulnerability identification, patch validation, and malware analysis.

OpenAI is providing a less-restricted version of GPT-5.5 to vetted cybersecurity defenders through its Trusted Access for Cyber program. The model, dubbed GPT-5.5-Cyber, completed a 32-step simulated corporate cyberattack in 2 out of 10 test runs according to the U.K. AI Security Institute, narrowly trailing Anthropic's Mythos which succeeded in 3 out of 10 attempts.

OpenAI has released three new realtime voice models through its Realtime API: GPT-Realtime-2 with GPT-5-class reasoning capabilities, GPT-Realtime-Translate supporting 70 input languages, and GPT-Realtime-Whisper for streaming transcription. The models are priced at $32-64 per 1M audio tokens for GPT-Realtime-2, and $0.017-0.034 per minute for the specialized variants.

OpenAI launched an optional Trusted Contact feature for ChatGPT that notifies designated emergency contacts when the system detects discussions about self-harm or suicide. The feature requires manual review by trained personnel before sending notifications, and does not share chat transcripts with contacts.

Apple plans to introduce an Extensions system in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 that will allow users to select third-party AI models for generative AI tasks. AI companies can opt in through App Store programs to power Apple Intelligence features including Siri, Writing Tools, and Image Playground.

OpenAI has released Advanced Account Security, an opt-in feature for ChatGPT users that requires passkey or physical security key authentication, automatically disables AI training on conversations, and implements shorter login sessions. The company partnered with Yubico to offer two YubiKeys for $68, nearly half the usual $126 price.

OpenAI added optional AI-generated pet companions to its Codex coding assistant. The floating overlays notify developers when Codex completes tasks or needs input, eliminating the need to switch windows to check status.

OpenAI added a /pet feature to its Codex Mac app that displays animated companion creatures in the interface. Users can choose from preset options or create custom pets that provide status updates while Codex runs in the background.

OpenAI is releasing GPT-5.5-Cyber to a limited group of trusted cyber defenders, according to CEO Sam Altman. The move comes weeks after Altman criticized Anthropic for restricting access to its Claude Mythos cybersecurity model to approximately 50 organizations.

The UK's AI Security Institute has evaluated OpenAI's GPT-5.5 for security vulnerability detection capabilities. The evaluation found GPT-5.5 performs comparably to Anthropic's Claude Mythos, with the key distinction that GPT-5.5 is generally available while Mythos remains in limited release.

OpenAI appears to be preparing an iPhone companion app for its Codex desktop application. Company employees responded to user requests for remote control features on Twitter, with one stating users should expect the functionality within days.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced GPT-5.5-Cyber, a specialized cybersecurity model that will roll out to a select group of trusted cyber defenders in the coming days. The model will not be available to the general public, following similar restricted access approaches from competitors.

OpenAI released GPT-5.5 on April 23, its first retrained base model since GPT-4.5, scoring 82.7% on Terminal-Bench 2.0 versus GPT-5.4's 75.1% and Claude Opus 4.7's 69.4%. API pricing is set at $5 per million input tokens and $30 per million output tokens, exactly double GPT-5.4 rates.

AWS has added OpenAI's latest models, Codex, and a new managed agents service to its Bedrock platform, one day after OpenAI revised its agreement with Microsoft. The integration follows OpenAI's up-to-$50 billion deal with Amazon.

OpenAI's Whisper 1 automatic speech recognition model is now accessible through OpenRouter's API routing service. The model supports transcription and translation across 50+ languages from audio files up to 25 MB, priced at $0.006 per minute of audio.

OpenAI will not release a separate GPT-5.5-Codex model, according to Romain Huet. The company unified its Codex coding model with the main GPT line starting with GPT-5.4, with GPT-5.5 featuring enhanced agentic coding and computer use capabilities.

OpenAI has released GPT-5.5 Pro, a high-capability model with a 1,050,000 token context window (922K input, 128K output) priced at $30 per million input tokens and $180 per million output tokens. The model supports text and image inputs and is optimized for deep reasoning, agentic coding, and multi-step workflows.

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Images 2.0, upgrading from decorative images to full-page graphics with detailed text rendering. The update is available to all ChatGPT tiers, with advanced features requiring paid subscriptions that access the Thinking model. Hands-on testing shows significant improvements in text accuracy and brand-style replication, though factual errors still occur.

OpenAI's GPT-5.5 scored 93 out of 100 points in a 10-round benchmark test covering summarization, reasoning, coding, and creative tasks. The model lost points primarily for ignoring specific instructions, such as using unauthorized sources when asked to summarize from a single news outlet.

OpenAI released GPT-5.5, which completes tasks at the same difficulty level faster than GPT-5.4 while using significantly fewer tokens. The model is available to ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users, with API access delayed due to required safeguards.

OpenAI has released GPT-5.5, its latest frontier model, according to NVIDIA. The model powers Codex, OpenAI's agentic coding application, running on NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 rack-scale systems.

OpenAI released GPT-5.5 on April 23, 2026, seven weeks after GPT-5.4. The model features a 400K context window in Codex and claims improvements in multi-step tasks, agentic coding, and computer use, though at higher pricing than its predecessor.

OpenAI released GPT-5.5 on April 23, 2026, positioning it as a step toward agentic computing and a unified 'superapp' combining ChatGPT, Codex, and browser capabilities. The company claims the model outperforms GPT-5.4, Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro, and Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5 across multiple benchmarks.

OpenAI has released GPT-5.5, one month after GPT-5.4, claiming improved performance on coding tasks and reduced token usage in its Codex platform. The model rolls out April 24 to paid ChatGPT tiers.

OpenAI released GPT-5.5, its latest AI model with enhanced coding, computer operation, and research capabilities. The model is rolling out to paid subscribers in ChatGPT and Codex, with API access coming soon.

OpenAI posted the cryptic message 'NS41' on X, which decodes to '5.5' through Base64 encoding or mathematical interpretation. The teaser suggests an imminent announcement for GPT-5.5, though no release date, pricing, or technical specifications have been disclosed.

Alibaba Cloud released Qwen 3.6 27B, a 27-billion parameter language model, alongside an FP8 quantized version for deployment efficiency. Separately, OpenAI published a privacy filter model on Hugging Face, marking a rare public model release from the company.

OpenAI released workspace agents for its Business, Enterprise, Edu, and Teachers plan users—cloud-based bots that can automate business tasks like gathering product feedback and drafting emails. The company indicates these agents are an 'evolution' of GPTs, which may soon be deprecated.

OpenAI has introduced Chronicle, an opt-in research preview for macOS that captures user screens to provide contextual information to its Codex agent. The feature, which echoes Microsoft's controversial Recall, stores screenshots for six hours and sends data to OpenAI servers to generate persistent text-based memories.

OpenAI has released Privacy Filter, a 1.5B-parameter bidirectional token classification model designed for detecting and masking personally identifiable information in text. The model processes 128,000-token sequences in a single pass and is available under Apache 2.0 license for on-premises deployment.

OpenAI has released GPT-5.4 Image 2, combining the GPT-5.4 reasoning model with image generation capabilities. The multimodal model features a 272K token context window and is priced at $8 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens.

OpenAI has released ChatGPT Images 2.0, which integrates reasoning capabilities to generate complex visual compositions combining text and images. The model supports aspect ratios from 3:1 to 1:3 and outputs up to 2K resolution, with advanced features available to Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users.

OpenAI released ChatGPT Images 2.0, powered by the new GPT Image 2 model. The update enables web search integration for paid subscribers in thinking mode, generates up to eight images from a single prompt while maintaining visual consistency, and supports 2K resolution output.

OpenAI's Codex desktop app for Mac has added Chronicle, a feature that periodically captures screenshots, sends them to OpenAI's servers for OCR and visual analysis, then stores text summaries as unencrypted Markdown files locally. The feature requires a $100+/month ChatGPT Pro subscription and is unavailable in the EU, UK, and Switzerland.

OpenAI released Chronicle for Codex on Mac, a feature that captures screen content to build contextual memories for the AI coding assistant. Available to Pro subscribers as a research preview, Chronicle runs background agents that generate memories from screen captures stored temporarily on device.

OpenAI's Codex Desktop can now control your computer, run background automations, and includes an in-app browser with click-to-select elements. The update adds automation memory across sessions and access to over 100 curated plugins, though the computer control feature is MacOS-only and unavailable in the EU.

OpenAI has added native sandbox execution and governance controls to its Agents SDK, allowing enterprises to deploy AI agents with isolated compute environments and credential separation. The SDK now supports major cloud storage providers including AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, and Cloudflare R2, with built-in integrations for sandbox providers like E2B, Modal, Blaxel, and Vercel.

OpenAI has released a major update to its Agents SDK that adds native sandbox support for running AI agents in isolated environments. The framework bundles Model Context Protocol tool usage, code execution, file editing, and custom instructions, with support for sandbox providers including Cloudflare, Vercel, E2B, and Modal.

OpenAI's GPT-5.4 Pro model has reportedly solved Erdős open problem #1196 in approximately 80 minutes, with another 30 minutes to format the solution as a LaTeX paper. Mathematician Terence Tao notes the solution reveals a previously undescribed connection between integer anatomy and Markov process theory.