How GPT-5.6 Sol helps run quantum computing experiments
See how an MIT researcher uses GPT-5.6 Sol with Codex to autonomously run quantum computing experiments, analyze results, and calibrate qubits.
OpenAI News
The OpenAI blog
September 2026
The Work Now Within Reach
Explore how more capable, affordable AI can expand the work people and businesses can accomplish—and make growth more economical.
Introducing ChatGPT Images 2.5
ChatGPT Images 2.5 helps turn your ideas, sketches, and reference photos into more personalized, polished images that better reflect your ideas.
On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem
We’re sharing an AI-generated solution to the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem, including a writeup and a formal proof in Lean.
Funding grants for new research into AI and teen development
Apply now for OpenAI’s $5 million grant program supporting independent research on how generative AI affects teen development, well-being, and safety.
OpenAI expands initiatives to support journalism from classrooms to newsrooms
OpenAI is expanding support for journalism with tools, training, and partnerships for students, educators, journalists, and news organizations.
1Password increases engineering productivity 21% with Codex
Engineers at 1Password use Codex to rapidly build new features and internal tools, reaching production-readiness while maintaining rigorous security policies.
Supporting independent journalism in Ukraine
OpenAI, AIRPPU and WAN-IFRA launch an AI program to help Ukrainian news organizations strengthen innovation, resilience, and independent journalism.
An Alien Mind
Jakub Pachocki reflects on increasingly capable AI and the challenge of keeping it aligned. He calls for stronger safeguards and international coordination.
Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI
Inside OpenAI, coding agents are reshaping AI research. Explore early data on agent usage, experiment velocity, task complexity, and research acceleration.
Daybreak for Frontline Defenders: $1B to protect essential services
OpenAI introduces Daybreak for Frontline Defenders. A $1 billion commitment expands access to frontier cyber AI, training, and support for essential services.
Playco cut manual fixes 50% prototyping games with GPT-6 Astra
Using GPT-6 Astra, Playco built three themed game prototypes from one grey box foundation and reported 50% fewer manual fixes than with the previous model.
Legora reviewed 41 documents in minutes with GPT-6 Astra
Legora used GPT-6 Astra to review 41 documents in minutes, find all four planted errors, and improve performance by nearly 40% in this financial-review workflow.
GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence
Introducing GPT-6 Astra, our most intelligent and aligned model yet, with state-of-the-art capabilities across computer use, coding, cybersecurity, and science.
Safety overview: GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra is our most capable broadly deployed model and our first to reach the Critical level of cybersecurity capability under our Preparedness Framework.
ATV Big Air Tour turned 3 days of work into 3 hours with ChatGPT
ATV Big Air Tour uses ChatGPT Work to speed up marketing, merchandising, and more. It even turned merchandise photos into an inventory website in 15 minutes.
How AI-native companies turn workflows into operating capability
Basis, Clay, and Exa Labs use AI agents to improve onboarding, account management, and developer integrations. See what enterprise leaders can apply.
Path to Astra: critical capabilities and frontier safeguards
Astra is the first OpenAI model to meet the Critical cybersecurity capability threshold under the Preparedness Framework, with stronger safeguards for release.
Healthcare organizations can now connect EHR and additional industry data to ChatGPT
ChatGPT can now connect to trusted healthcare data, helping clinicians securely access patient context, medical research, and more.
How law firm Gilbert + Tobin governs and scales AI with OpenAI
See how Gilbert + Tobin combines CEO-led commitment, rigorous governance, and human accountability to scale ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex across the firm.
August 2026
OpenAI supports California’s bill to advance youth AI safety
OpenAI supports California SB 1119, advancing strong, age-appropriate AI safeguards for teens while preserving opportunities to learn, create, and explore.
Polimill builds Japan's next-generation public AI infrastructure
Polimill uses OpenAI GPT models and Codex to help municipalities search and use administrative knowledge while accelerating development.
A milestone in expanding access to AI
ChatGPT Ads reaches $1 billion in annualized revenue run rate and expands globally, supporting broader access to AI through free and affordable options.
Our decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX
Our decision to wind down our contract providing OpenAI models to Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX.
Supporting Thailand’s next generation of AI startups
OpenAI and Thailand’s MHESI launch an eight-week accelerator helping 10 health, wellness, and education startups turn AI prototypes into trusted products.
Better answers, broader thinking: What students gain from ChatGPT and critical-thinking training
A randomized study of more than 1,000 students examines ChatGPT, critical thinking, originality, and student performance on a real-world university assignment.
Expanding OpenAI’s presence in Brazil
OpenAI is expanding its presence in Brazil, deepening engagement with developers, businesses, and communities to support AI adoption across the country.
Bringing ChatGPT for Teachers to more U.S. school districts
ChatGPT for Teachers is expanding to 55 U.S. school systems, bringing secure AI tools, training, and support to over 100,000 more educators and staff.
Learning never stops: How AI makes learning continuous
OpenAI’s new report explores how students and educators use ChatGPT to make learning more continuous, with support that extends beyond the classroom.
The Hugging Face incident and the road ahead
OpenAI shares findings from the Hugging Face security incident and the steps we’re taking to strengthen AI model security, monitoring, and alignment.
How loveholidays is making everyone a builder with Codex
Discover how loveholidays uses OpenAI Codex to make software development accessible across the business, helping teams turn ideas into products faster.
The full stack behind abundant intelligence
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar explains how advances across chips, compute, models, and products compound to deliver more useful intelligence at greater scale and lower cost.
Jalapeño’s first results show industry-leading speed and efficiency in AI inference
Jalapeño is a custom inference chip from OpenAI that delivers faster, more power-efficient AI inference, with higher throughput and lower latency for modern models.
Disrupting a new covert influence campaign from Russia
OpenAI banned Russia-origin accounts using AI to promote a fake Israel-based think tank and a “sovereignty” index praising Russia and criticizing the West.
Introducing the Admin plugin for ChatGPT Work and Codex
Use the Admin plugin for ChatGPT Work and Codex to analyze workspace usage, manage members and permissions, adjust limits, and act on admin requests.
Advancing price-performance for developers with GPT‑5.6 in Kiro
GPT‑5.6 is now available in Kiro, helping developers plan, build, review, and test software with better price-performance.
Introducing Intelligence Age
Introducing Intelligence Age, a new OpenAI blog exploring how transformative AI could reshape power, governance, the economy, and individual freedom.
Stampli cuts launch hours by 68% using ChatGPT Work
With a fixed deadline and design resources committed elsewhere, Stampli used Codex and ChatGPT Work to compress weeks of launch production into days.
Offering Zero Data Retention for frontier models
OpenAI reaffirms Zero Data Retention for eligible API customers and previews Private Safety Processing for advanced AI safety without compromising data privacy.
Replit expands access to software creation with GPT-5.6 Luna
Replit introduces Free Mode, powered by GPT-5.6 Luna, so anyone can turn ideas into working software without worrying about token costs.
ChatGPT Ads expands across Europe
ChatGPT Ads is expanding to 31 European markets. Learn how advertisers can reach people as they explore, compare options, and make decisions.
Strengthening democratic oversight in national security
OpenAI launches an initiative to strengthen democratic oversight of AI in national security, supporting government institutions with tools, training, and expertise.
Partnering with CodeAI to prepare the first AI generation
OpenAI and CodeAI are partnering to help students build AI literacy, think critically about AI, and develop the skills to use and shape it responsibly.
Pacing model development in an era of cyber-critical capabilities
OpenAI is strengthening monitoring, alignment, and security for frontier AI models. See how new safeguards are guiding the pace of model development.
Introducing ChatGPT for Teens: Built for learning, backed by protections
ChatGPT for Teens helps teens learn, think critically, and use AI with confidence, with stronger built-in protections, healthy-use features, and additional controls for parents.
How NVIDIA scales expertise with ChatGPT Work
NVIDIA teams use ChatGPT Work to reduce manual tasks, connect fast-moving signals, and scale successful workflows globally.
Asana cleared 5 years of engineering work in 2 weeks with Codex
Asana used OpenAI Codex to replace an outdated testing system in two weeks, completing work expected to take five years for about $12K.
The Defender’s Window
AI is reshaping cybersecurity for attackers and defenders alike. Learn how OpenAI is strengthening its defenses and what security teams can do now.
OpenAI joins PORTS-Pike project
OpenAI joins PORTS-Pike project, expanding community investment and supporting thousands of Southern Ohio jobs
New policy ideas for the Intelligence Age
OpenAI funds 14 independent projects exploring new AI policy ideas to expand economic opportunity and strengthen societal resilience in the Intelligence Age.