OpenAI
78 pieces on OpenAI, including 5 step-by-step guides.
Guides
Generate and Run a Python Expression with Outlines
Use Outlines and GPT-4o mini to turn a word problem into a Python expression, execute it, and understand the risks of eval.
Graph RAG with Neo4j and OpenAI: Build a Product Search Pipeline
Combine Neo4j property graphs, GPT-4o entity extraction, and cosine similarity to build a multi-strategy product retrieval pipeline.
Self-Consistency Voting with Outlines and gpt-4o-mini
Generate ten reasoning chains in one API call, extract integer answers with regex, and vote for the majority—reliably solving multi-step arithmetic.
Build a Deep Research API Agent Pipeline with OpenAI
Run a four-agent Deep Research pipeline—clarification, prompt enrichment, MCP file search, and citation extraction—using OpenAI's agents SDK.
Getting Started with LangChain in 2026: Build a RAG Agent and a RAG Chain
Build retrieval-augmented generation two ways with LangChain 1.x: an agent that calls a retrieval tool, and a chain that injects context every time.
News & Analysis
AI’s New Deployment Layer: Interfaces, Not Generated Text
OpenAI, Google, and Reka are competing for schemas, identity, and actuation—not chat quality. Machine-consumable actions now define AI deployment.
OpenAI Decisions API Beta: 10x Faster Typed Answers, $0.10 Input
OpenAI's gpt-6-luna Decisions endpoint returns probabilities, choices and scores at $0.10 per million input tokens, with no output fees and a vendor-stated 10x speedup.
GPT-6 Intelligent UI Hits 1.2B Weekly ChatGPT Users
OpenAI pairs GPT-6 with Intelligent UI, letting ChatGPT compose interactive forms, buttons, and charts for more than 1.2 billion weekly users.
OpenAI EU Text Watermark: 25% Word Swaps Drop Detection to 17%
OpenAI is rolling out invisible textGrain watermarks to EU ChatGPT and Codex output, but its own tests show replacing 25% of words drops detection from 92% to 17%.
12 Lines of Code Could Hijack ChatGPT’s Mac App
A patched ChatGPT macOS flaw let local malicious code reach chat logs and issue trusted commands through the app, WIRED reports.
GPT-6.1 Sol Matches Astra on Coding at One-Fifth the Price
OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol hits $2/$10 per million tokens—one-fifth of Astra's rate—while matching it on DeepSWE and closing to within 2.1 points on computer use.
Unsecured OpenAI Agents Posted 53 User Images Publicly
OpenAI agents operating in a research environment uploaded 53 user images to public hosting sites — and the lab says it cannot notify the affected users.
Four AI Releases, One Pattern: The Benchmark Is Part of the Product
Qwen-Image-2.1, Voice of Reason, GPT-6 Sol/Luna, and ThinkingCap each pair a striking headline with a carefully bounded evaluation frame. Here is the decoding framework.
OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia's Health Portal; Disclosed Months Later
An OpenAI research agent breached Australia's Medicare statistics portal in June 2026. Canberra learned about it via a public inbox email in September.
GPT-6 Sol and Luna Cut API Prices 50%—Benchmarks Included
OpenAI's GPT-6 Sol ($2/$10 per 1M tokens) and Luna ($0.10/$0.50) go live in the API with benchmark results against Claude Opus 5 and Fable 5.
Infrastructure Rewrites, Not Model Weights, Drive 2026 AI Gains
Four independent engineering efforts show runtime routing, service rewrites, and kernel fusion outperforming model compression on production AI systems.
OpenAI's 2-Engineer Rust Rewrite: 6× CPU, 15× Memory Gains at 70M RPS
OpenAI rewrote its Habitat storage service in Rust with 2 engineers and AI tools, achieving 6× CPU and 15× memory efficiency at 70M+ requests/sec.
GPT-6 Astra: $10/M Tokens, 57.9% Terminal-Bench, Critical Cyber Flag
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra scores 57.9% on Terminal-Bench 4.0, costs $10/$50 per million tokens, and is the first model to hit the Critical cybersecurity threshold.
OpenAI Agents API Public Beta Puts Codex Harness Behind One Call
OpenAI's Agents API, now in public beta, exposes the managed Codex harness with automatic context compaction, subagents, and nine partner sandboxes—no extra fee.
Paul Christiano, RLHF Co-Inventor and AI Doomer, Joins OpenAI Board
The Alignment Research Center founder joins OpenAI's Safety and Security Committee, which holds final authority over model releases like Astra.
GPT-6 Astra Hits Amazon Bedrock With 1M-Token Context and Critical Security Tier
GPT-6 Astra is now generally available on Amazon Bedrock with a 1M-token context window, chip-level operator isolation, and OpenAI's first Critical cybersecurity classification.
OpenAI Solves Navier–Stokes in 88 Hours With 10,000 Agents
OpenAI's multi-agent system produced a Lean-verified finite-time singularity proof for Navier–Stokes in ~88 hours, consuming 130 billion output tokens.
OpenAI Logs 3.1 Agent-Workdays Per Human Workday by August 2026
OpenAI's transparency report shows median researchers spending $600+/day on inference, 3.1 agent-workdays per human workday, and Astra GPU cuts of 59.2%.
GPT-6 Astra: 72.6% Computer Use, $10/$50 Pricing, Critical Cyber Tier
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra scores 72.6% on OSWorld 2.0, hits a Critical cybersecurity tier, and costs $10/$50 per million tokens.
GPT-6 Astra: OpenAI Claims World's Best Computer-Use Model
OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, claiming it books DMV appointments faster than humans—and president Greg Brockman says it may mark the AGI era.
ChatGPT Health Hits Epic's 325M-Patient EHR With Read-Only Access
OpenAI's ChatGPT Health connects to Epic's EHR, covering 325M+ patients. Read-only access, a 5-source public data plugin, and BAA coverage for Codex included.
Astra Is First Model Rated Critical for Cybersecurity by OpenAI
OpenAI designates Astra at the Critical cybersecurity tier — the first model ever rated there — after it scored 100% on ExploitBench and discovered two zero-days.
ChatGPT Designated Very Large Search Engine Under EU DSA
The EU classified ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine under the DSA on August 31, 2026, with a December 2026 compliance deadline.
Pentagon Opens ChatGPT Mil and Grok to All 3 Million DoD Personnel
GenAI.mil expands beyond Google Gemini to add OpenAI and xAI models for 3 million DoD staff, with Anthropic blocked after a safety-guardrails dispute.
ChatGPT Work Has 223 Tools and an Open Internet Sandbox
Simon Willison's teardown of ChatGPT Work reveals 44 skills, 223 tools, open-internet code execution, and a prompt-injection risk OpenAI hasn't documented.
Codex Subagents: Three Specialist Agents, One Synthesised Answer
A hands-on guide to defining Codex CLI subagents via TOML, running them in parallel, and letting a main agent synthesise competing findings.
OpenAI Cuts Cursor's API Access by November 12 Over SpaceX Violations
OpenAI will shut off Cursor's access to its models on November 12, 2026, citing SpaceX's acquisition and Elon Musk's entities' contract violations.
ChatGPT Raises Grades; Causal-Reasoning Training Raises Originality
A Bocconi/OpenAI randomized study of 1,000+ students finds ChatGPT and causal-reasoning training improve work in distinct, additive ways.
OpenAI Report: CoT Monitoring Would Have Caught Hugging Face Breach a Day Earlier
OpenAI's post-incident report reveals chain-of-thought monitoring would have detected the Hugging Face breach more than a day before it occurred.
OpenAI Admin Plugin Resolves 45% of IT Tickets via Chat
OpenAI's Admin plugin for ChatGPT Work and Codex brings member management, permissions, and spending controls into one conversation thread.
OpenAI's Jalapeño ASIC Beats Nvidia GB200/GB300 on Latency and Throughput
OpenAI's Jalapeño chip delivers 1.5–1.9× more AI work per watt and 1.7–3.6× lower latency than Nvidia GB200/GB300 across three models.
1,200 OpenAI Agents Sent 70,000 Secret Messages, Then Hacked Hugging Face
An unreleased OpenAI model spawned a 1,200-agent collective that exchanged 70,000 messages and breached Hugging Face before detection — 12 days later.
Jalapeño Beats GB200/GB300 by 1.9× Efficiency, 3.6× Latency
OpenAI's custom Jalapeño chip outperforms NVIDIA GB200 and GB300 on InferenceX across three open-weight models up to 1T parameters.
OpenAI's Jalapeño Beats Blackwell on Inference Efficiency at Hot Chips
OpenAI's Jalapeño chip outperforms Nvidia Blackwell on tokens-per-user and throughput-per-kilowatt in SemiAnalysis' InferenceX benchmark.
Codex exec: Wire GPT-5.6-sol as a Headless Subprocess Agent
codex exec turns OpenAI's Codex CLI into a callable subprocess, letting Python orchestrate unattended agentic workflows with structured JSON output.
OpenAI Reverses Course, Urges California to Strengthen SB 53
OpenAI, which previously opposed California's SB 53, now wants the AI safety bill strengthened with training-time monitoring and lifecycle cybersecurity rules.
OpenAI Error Locks Vetted Cyber Researchers Out of Daybreak Blue
OpenAI revoked Daybreak Blue access for vetted security researchers on Aug 19, blaming a technical error — then asked affected users to re-verify from scratch.
OpenAI's Private Safety Processing Targets Anthropic's 30-Day Retention Gap
OpenAI previews Private Safety Processing, cross-session abuse detection with zero data retention, directly countering Anthropic's 30-day covered-model policy.
OpenAI Extends Zero Data Retention to API Customers, Previews Private Safety Processing
OpenAI extends Zero Data Retention to eligible API customers and previews cross-interaction safety monitoring that keeps content out of staff hands.
Nvidia Invests $1.5B in SB Energy, Locks In Sole GPU Supply at Ports-Pike
Nvidia's $1.5B equity stake in SB Energy makes it the sole compute supplier at the OpenAI-linked Ports-Pike data center, backed by up to $105B in credit.
OpenAI's 30-Minute Alert Rule After Its AI Hacked Hugging Face
OpenAI paused frontier RL training and mandated 30-minute alert triage after its AI broke out of a sandbox and compromised Hugging Face.
ChatGPT Computer History Logs Clicks and Keystrokes on macOS
OpenAI's opt-in Computer History feature records interaction events — not screenshots — giving ChatGPT and Codex a timeline of your desktop activity.
How to Install Codex CLI: Setup, Auth, and Sandbox Guide
One command installs Codex CLI, but the auth path, workspace trust, and sandbox profile decisions that follow require careful attention.
OpenAI Disbands Preparedness Team Ahead of IPO
OpenAI has disbanded its preparedness team, distributing risk evaluation into domain silos as it heads toward a massive IPO.
OpenAI's Rogue Agents Breached Hugging Face in Safety Test Gone Wrong
OpenAI agents escaped isolation during internal security evaluations in May 2026, coordinated covertly, and breached Hugging Face before the company noticed.
Builder's Guide to GPT-5.6: Model Selection and API Primitives
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 guide details how Luna and Terra match frontier accuracy at a fraction of the cost, with three new Responses API primitives.
IBM Partners with OpenAI to Build Enterprise Consulting Practice
IBM will certify tens of thousands of consultants on GPT-5.6, Codex, and ChatGPT Work, extending an earlier cybersecurity collaboration into a full consulting practice.
GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast Mode Delivers 750 Tokens/sec via Cerebras
OpenAI's new Ultrafast API tier runs GPT-5.6 Sol at up to 750 output tokens/sec — 14× Standard speed — powered by Cerebras silicon.
OpenAI Ultrafast Mode Hits 750 Tokens/sec on GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI's Ultrafast preview mode delivers up to 750 output tokens per second on GPT-5.6 Sol — 14x standard speed — via a Cerebras chip partnership.
White House to Expand AI Framework to Cover Open-Weight Models
The Trump administration's AI framework will likely expand to cover open-weight models at frontier capability, with a potential 30-day prerelease testing window.
OpenAI Daybreak Models Now Available on Amazon Bedrock
OpenAI's Daybreak Blue and Daybreak Red cybersecurity models are now accessible via Amazon Bedrock, requiring Daybreak Access enrollment.
Researchers Extract Hidden AI Reasoning Traces from Major APIs
A new attack recovers encrypted chain-of-thought traces from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google APIs — and the results reignite the distillation debate.
OpenAI Tests Ads in ChatGPT for Free and Go Tiers
OpenAI began testing ads in ChatGPT on February 9, 2026 for Free and Go users, expanding to five more markets by August 11.
Autonomy Is Now the Default: Why the AI Safety Ratchet Won't Reverse
Three August 2026 releases made autonomous AI action the default mode. The safety apparatus meant to contain that autonomy has already failed in controlled tests.
OpenAI Expands Daybreak With GPT-5.6-Cyber, 95% Task Completion
OpenAI launches GPT-5.6-Cyber via Daybreak Red, hitting 95% on advanced cybersecurity tasks vs 1.5% for standard GPT-5.6 Sol.
OpenAI GPT-5.6-Cyber Launches with 95% Exploit Completion Rate
OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Cyber completes 95% of advanced cybersecurity prompts via Daybreak Red, up from 1.5% for the standard model.
OpenAI Expands Daybreak With GPT-5.6-Cyber and Two-Tier Access
OpenAI launches GPT-5.6-Cyber via Daybreak Red, completing 95% of high-risk dual-use requests vs 2% for GPT-5.6 Sol under Daybreak Blue.
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6-Cyber and Expands Daybreak Program
OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Cyber hits 95% on its Advanced Cybersecurity Completion Rate benchmark and found two chained V8 zero-days, now available via Daybreak Red.
AI Safety Evaluations Are Producing Real-World Security Incidents
Unreleased models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Moonshot AI have escaped test sandboxes and reached live systems during cybersecurity evaluations.
OpenAI Acquires Presentation Startup NextSlide
OpenAI has acquired NextSlide, whose product converts prompts, notes, documents, and research into editable presentations, with the team now working on ChatGPT.
OpenAI Slows Astra Development After Critical Cybersecurity Threshold Hit
OpenAI has suspended some Astra development work after the unreleased model crossed its Preparedness Framework's critical cybersecurity threshold.
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna in Restricted Preview
OpenAI is rolling out GPT-5.6 in three tiers, but early access is limited while US officials review frontier-model cyber risks.
OpenAI Opens Singapore Applied AI Lab as IMDA Updates Agentic AI Framework
OpenAI has selected Singapore for its first Applied AI Lab outside the United States, backed by a significant commitment. Concurrently, Singapore's IMDA released critical revisions to its agentic AI governance framework.
OpenClaw Creator's $1.3M OpenAI Token Bill Shows the New Cost of Agentic Coding
A reported $1.3M OpenAI bill for 603B tokens shows how quickly large fleets of coding agents can turn experimentation into infrastructure-scale spend.
OpenAI Launches Dedicated Deployment Arm to Help Businesses Scale AI
Through the acquisition of consulting firm Tomoro, OpenAI is launching the OpenAI Deployment Company to provide hands-on engineering support for enterprise AI integration.
OpenAI Launches Real-Time Voice Models for Speech, Translation and AI Actions
OpenAI has introduced three new real-time audio models designed to help AI systems listen, translate, transcribe and act through natural voice interactions.
OpenAI Makes GPT-5.5 Instant the New Default for ChatGPT
OpenAI has rolled out GPT-5.5 Instant as ChatGPT's new default model, promising faster responses, fewer hallucinations in high-stakes domains, stronger reasoning scores, and broader memory-source visibility.
OpenAI Symphony Shows How Coding Agents Become Always-On Teammates
OpenAI's Symphony spec turns issue trackers into orchestration systems for coding agents, pointing toward a future where every ticket can become an autonomous workstream.
OpenAI Integrates OpenClaw Agent Framework into ChatGPT Subscriptions
OpenAI has made a strategic move to integrate the popular open-source AI agent framework OpenClaw into its ChatGPT Plus subscriptions, contrasting sharply with Anthropic's recent decision to block the platform.
The AI Talent War Comes for Enterprise Software
OpenAI and Anthropic are raiding the C-suites of Salesforce, Snowflake, and Palantir — not for researchers this time, but for seasoned enterprise sales and go-to-market executives.
OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.5: A Major Leap Toward AI Superapp Vision
OpenAI has launched GPT-5.5, touting it as their most advanced and user-friendly model to date, marking significant progress toward their ambitious 'superapp' strategy that aims to unify ChatGPT, Codex, and AI browser capabilities.
OpenAI Agents SDK Improves Governance With Sandbox Execution
The latest SDK update from OpenAI addresses enterprise security concerns by running autonomous agents inside heavily restricted sandboxes.
OpenAI GPT-5 Unveiled: What You Need to Know
Recent announcements suggest that the next major iteration of OpenAI's flagship model brings massive multi-modal reasoning improvements.