OpenAI

OpenAI ChatGPT

ChatGPT Agent Is Here—and It Can Actually Get Things Done For You

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Chris McKay• July 17, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Agent today, combining its Operator and Deep Research tools into a unified system that can browse the web, create presentations, and handle complex multi-step tasks using its own virtual computer.

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Inside OpenAI's Security Lockdown: Fingerprint Scanners and Offline Computers

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Chris McKay• July 8, 2025 • 3 min read

OpenAI has dramatically overhauled its security operations with biometric scanners, isolated systems, and military-grade protocols after alleging that Chinese startup DeepSeek improperly copied its AI models using distillation techniques.

OpenAI Military & Defense

OpenAI Awarded $200M US Defense Contract, Announces OpenAI for Government

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Chris McKay• June 17, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI has clinched a one-year, $200 million contract—its first with the U.S. Defense Department—kicking off a new “OpenAI for Government” program and intensifying the race to supply generative AI to national-security agencies.

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Barbie Could Get an AI Upgrade Thanks to Mattel's New OpenAI Partnership

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Chris McKay• June 12, 2025 • 3 min read

Mattel is teaming with OpenAI to design AI-powered toys, games, and digital assistants, with the first product due later this year.

OpenAI Op-ed

Sam Altman says the Singularity is Here, and it's Disappointingly Boring

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Chris McKay• June 11, 2025 • 6 min read

Sam Altman argues we're already past the point of no return toward superintelligence, but the transition feels surprisingly normal because exponential change appears gradual when you're living through it.

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OpenAI Just Made o3-pro Available to More People and Cut the Price by 87%

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Chris McKay• June 10, 2025 • 3 min read

OpenAI’s new o3-pro model is now available in ChatGPT and the API, offering top-tier performance in math, science, and coding—at a dramatically lower price.

OpenAI Enterprise AI

ChatGPT Can Now Search Your Files, Emails, and Meeting Notes

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Chris McKay• June 4, 2025 • 1 min read

OpenAI is rolling out an upgrade to ChatGPT that lets it tap into your company’s documents, cloud drives, and meetings to deliver more useful answers.

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OpenAI's Codex Gets a Major Upgrade: Internet Access, Voice Dictation, and Smarter PRs

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Chris McKay• June 3, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI’s Codex is now available to more users and comes with new features like internet access during tasks, voice dictation, and smarter GitHub integration.

OpenAI Snowflake

Sam Altman and Sridhar Ramaswamy Say the Quiet Part Out Loud About Enterprise AI

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Chris McKay• June 3, 2025 • 3 min read

At Snowflake Summit, Sam Altman and Sridhar Ramaswamy urged enterprises to stop waiting and start shipping with AI—because the real inflection point already happened.

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OpenAI Buys io, Jony Ive's AI Hardware Company for $6.5 Billion

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Chris McKay• May 21, 2025 • 3 min read

OpenAI acquires Jony Ive’s hardware startup io to develop AI-native devices, aiming to redefine human-computer interaction.

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Meet Codex: OpenAI’s New Software Engineering AI Agent

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Chris McKay• May 16, 2025 • 3 min read

OpenAI has launched Codex, a cloud-based software engineering AI agent that can handle multiple coding tasks simultaneously in isolated environments, powered by a new model optimized specifically for writing cleaner, more precise code.

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OpenAI Brings GPT-4.1 to ChatGPT

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Chris McKay• May 14, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI has integrated its GPT-4.1 model into ChatGPT, providing enhanced coding and instruction-following capabilities to paid users, while also introducing GPT-4.1 mini for all users.

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OpenAI Brings Reinforcement Fine-Tuning and GPT-4.1 Nano Fine-Tuning in the API

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Chris McKay• May 8, 2025 • 3 min read

OpenAI rolls out reinforcement fine-tuning on o4-mini and brings supervised fine-tuning to its ultra-fast GPT-4.1 nano model.

OpenAI ChatGPT

ChatGPT Deep Research Can Now Analyze Your GitHub Repos

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Chris McKay• May 8, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI launches GitHub connector for ChatGPT Deep Research that lets developers analyze their actual codebases to generate comprehensive reports and documentation.

OpenAI AI Policy AI Infrastructure

OpenAI Urges Federal Land Use for AI Infrastructure in DOE Proposal

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Chris McKay• May 8, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI calls for sweeping federal policy changes to speed AI infrastructure development on government land, positioning it as critical to maintaining U.S. technological leadership against China.

OpenAI AI Infrastructure

OpenAI Launches Global Initiative to Spread 'Democratic AI' Infrastructure

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Chris McKay• May 7, 2025 • 3 min read

OpenAI's "OpenAI for Countries" program will help nations build customized AI systems and data centers, positioning itself as an alternative to "authoritarian" AI approaches

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OpenAI Reverses Course on Corporate Structure, Will Keep Nonprofit Control

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Chris McKay• May 5, 2025 • 4 min read

Instead of shedding its nonprofit shell, OpenAI will transition its for-profit arm into a Public Benefit Corporation, a corporate structure that legally requires consideration of both shareholder interests and the organization's stated mission.

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OpenAI's Deep Research Is Now Available to All ChatGPT Users

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Chris McKay• April 24, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI is expanding access to its Deep Research tool across all user tiers and introducing a more efficient "lightweight" version powered by o4-mini that delivers similar quality with slightly shorter responses.

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Developers Can Now Tap OpenAI’s Image Model Through API

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Chris McKay• April 23, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI’s powerful image generation model, gpt-image-1, is now available via its API, letting developers create customizable, high-quality visuals inside their own apps and platforms.

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OpenAI Would Buy Chrome 'In a Heartbeat' if Google Forced to Sell

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Chris McKay• April 22, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI has expressed interest in acquiring Google's Chrome browser if antitrust remedies force its divestiture, potentially transforming the browser into an "AI-first" experience.

OpenAI Media & Entertainment

The Washington Post Joins OpenAI’s Expanding Roster of Media Partners

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Chris McKay• April 22, 2025 • 2 min read

The Washington Post has signed a content licensing deal with OpenAI to surface its reporting inside ChatGPT, marking another major media partnership for the AI company.

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How to Build AI Agents: A Detailed, Practical Guide from OpenAI

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Chris McKay• April 17, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI releases a comprehensive guide for building AI agents, offering product and engineering teams practical frameworks for designing systems that can independently execute complex workflows.

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OpenAI Introduces 'Flex Processing': Lower Prices for Non-Urgent AI Workloads

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Chris McKay• April 17, 2025 • 1 min read

OpenAI has launched a new Flex API tier that offers discounted model usage rates in exchange for slower response times and reduced availability, while also tightening access controls around its most advanced models.

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OpenAI Launches o3 and o4-mini, their Smartest and Most Capable Models to Date

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Chris McKay• April 16, 2025 • 4 min read

OpenAI’s latest models—o3 and o4-mini—introduce agentic reasoning, full tool integration, and multimodal thinking, setting a new bar for AI performance in both speed and sophistication.

OpenAI Startups

OpenAI Acqui-hires Context.ai Team to Boost Model Evaluation Efforts

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Chris McKay• April 15, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI has acquihired the team behind Context.ai, a GV-backed startup known for its analytics tools that help developers understand how AI models perform in the real world.