OpenAI has acquired presentation startup NextSlide, bringing its team into ChatGPT as the company expands AI-assisted creation and visual communication.

OpenAI is updating GPT-5.6 Sol for paid ChatGPT users and making GPT-5.6 Luna the free default, changing access to advanced reasoning in ChatGPT.

OpenAI says it will give 100,000 academic researchers free ChatGPT access, extending advanced models into scientific workflows and labs.

Bloomberg reports OpenAI’s agents have reached 10 million users after the ChatGPT work launch, highlighting fast interest but limited public detail.

Reports say OpenAI is building a screenless, portable home companion tied to ChatGPT, signaling a bigger push into AI hardware amid legal risk.

OpenAI has introduced GPT-Live voice models for ChatGPT, betting that full-duplex speech can make AI assistants more useful for live work.

A new lawsuit alleges ChatGPT-4o worsened a user's manic episode into a prolonged delusion and self-harm incident, raising fresh AI safety and liability concerns.

Hundreds of Meta contractors created fake under-18 accounts to send crisis prompts to ChatGPT, Gemini, and Character.AI in a project codenamed Cannes.

ChatGPT conversation logs were introduced as evidence in the Palisades wildfire arson case, which ended in a mistrial despite the AI-generated data.

OpenAI hires Uber India's top executive to lead its India operations, its largest and fastest-growing market outside the United States.

Getty Images stock soared more than 145% after announcing a multi-year display agreement with OpenAI to feature licensed content inside ChatGPT search experiences.

Signal's president Meredith Whittaker cautions users that AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude are surveillance tools, not trusted companions.

ChatGPT's share of the AI assistant market has fallen below 50% for the first time as Anthropic and others gain ground in 2026.

OpenAI's ChatGPT reached 1 billion monthly active app users in May 2026, per Sensor Tower estimates, even as public trust in AI broadly declines.

Visa and OpenAI plan secure payment infrastructure for AI agents, with tokenized credentials and user controls.

OpenAI submitted a confidential S-1, setting up a potential blockbuster IPO after Anthropic and SpaceX moves.

OpenAI is folding Codex into ChatGPT as it pursues stickier, higher-margin AI businesses beyond general chat.

OpenAI says ChatGPT memory is becoming more capable, reviewable, and efficient, with rollout expanding to free users in coming weeks.

Florida’s attorney general sued OpenAI and Sam Altman, alleging deceptive practices and harms tied to ChatGPT safety risks.

A King’s College London study found UK patients are using AI chatbots instead of GPs or mental health services.