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A new way to measure how AI agents handle the routine analyses of wet-lab science—BioBasicsBench. Developed with Ligo, a biotech company focused on enzyme design, the benchmark draws on 100 tasks from real experiments to test whether agents can interpret raw lab data, identify e…↗

·@OpenAI·Nov 6, 2026·benchmark·a-i-agents·benchmark·biobasicsbench·openai

I spent 20,000 dollars in API credits having different AI models play each other at Blood on the Clocktower (a Mafia or Werewolf type social deception game). The results were fascinating. Models have gotten much better over the course of this year at creative on-the-spot schemin…↗

Images, upgraded—introducing ChatGPT Images 2.6. Now with GIFs and reference images. Plus, two new models are coming to the API with 50% faster image generation.↗

·@OpenAI·Nov 5, 2026·model-release·api·chatgpt-images·gif-support·openai

Some news: I’m joining OpenAI to lead product management for Core Products! I have a lot of respect for OpenAI for showing the world that scaling works, for bringing AI to over a billion people, and for believing great products are core to the mission. I’m excited to work with …↗

·@_catwu·Nov 5, 2026·news·agents·openai·product-management

AI is using more and more of the world’s energy. But how much economic value are we getting from AI? We’re introducing Joules-to-GDP (J2G), a framework that measures how well AI turns energy into economic value and shows which tasks, models, and hardware give the best return. A…↗

·@JonSaadFalcon·Nov 4, 2026·benchmark·gdpworks·j2g·joules-to-gdp·openai

For AGI to benefit all of humanity, it should help people with the everyday tasks that matter most to them. So we built LifeVal, a new benchmark shaped by feedback from thousands of ChatGPT users on where they most want help from a personal assistant—from finding childcare to acc…↗

·@OpenAI·Nov 2, 2026·benchmark·agi·chatgpt·lifeval·openai

GPT-6.1 Terra: delivering fast and capable computer use at a lower price. GPT-6.1 Terra understands what’s on screen, takes action across apps, writes naturally, and is a more capable model for your whole workday with the efficiency to take on more of it.↗

·@OpenAI·Oct 26, 2026·model-release·computer-use·gpt-6-1-terra·openai

Over the past several months, we have substantially hardened the security of our research training environment. We’ve removed live internet access for all frontier models during training and built an offline world for them to use instead—a cached version of the web where they can…↗

My interview with Sam Altman (@sama): 0:00 Intro 0:52 When Will AI Discover New Treatments? 3:31 Why AI Hasn’t Killed Coding Jobs 11:47 Personal AI Assistants 15:39 Why Are We Busier Than Ever? 20:10 Why the AI Consciousness Debate Worries Sam 26:09 ChatGPT Is Too Agreeable 30:0…↗

OpenAI models helped researchers—operating as part of our Patch the Planet initiative—discover critical security flaws in PHP, an open-source programming language used to run an estimated 70% of websites. Over the past two months, we led a coalition of maintainers, researchers,…↗

GPT-6 Astra Pro in ChatGPT got an upgrade with faster responses and improved use of plugins and tools. And now, multiple agents can tackle different parts of a task in parallel. You can follow each agent’s progress and open completed tasks to review their work. Now available to…↗

Codex is one of the most important untold stories in the history of technology. A year ago, it was a scrappy effort in a quiet corner of @OpenAI. Its cloud product hadn’t found PMF, and the team was starting over from scratch. Less than 12 months later: - Codex swallowed the f…↗

·@danshipper·Oct 15, 2026·essay·agent-native·chatgpt·codex·every

We want to support the mathematics community in turning progress in AI into deeper human understanding and new discoveries. To support that goal, we are contributing $5 million to a new Simons Foundation initiative to help mathematicians examine, understand, and build on results…↗

Ok tested it out today. I really like its world knowledge and physics understanding, seems like it might be top use for what I do e.g break old ciphers, obscure language translation and other fun stuff There’s some rough edges but top 3 again. OpenAI, Ant, Google.↗

We discovered a sophisticated recording device that was hidden inside one of our offices. We used our models to understand the device and where it had come from, identifying that a specific employee had planted it a few days earlier. We referred the matter to the FBI, and we’re g…↗

·@OpenAINewsroom·Oct 13, 2026·news·arrest·fbi·insider-threat·openai

OpenAI fired me last week, along with two of my safety colleagues. I was given one reason: that I accessed an executive's email. I want to say this plainly, because too many of OpenAI’s history is smoke and mirrors when people disappear:↗

GPT-6 and Intelligent UI, now rolling out in ChatGPT for everyone. Intelligent UI in ChatGPT delivers fast, interactive answers that make everyday questions more visual, complex topics easier to grasp, and interactive tools for your task available on the spot.↗

·@OpenAI·Oct 7, 2026·launch·chatgpt·gpt-6·intelligent-ui·openai

OpenAI just released 722 AI-written math papers. Here are the 4 biggest claims in plain English. None have been confirmed by outside mathematicians yet. 1/ Quasi-Riemann hypothesis. Zeta has no zeros with real part above 7/8. It's not the Riemann hypothesis (that needs 1/2), but…↗

·@imjustnewatai·Oct 7, 2026·model-release·lean·math-preprints·openai·openai-math

Let your app choose the right model, tool, or action in near real-time with Decisions API, now available to all developers in public beta. The Decisions API makes decisions up to 10x faster than GPT-6 Luna through the Responses API.↗

We’re releasing a broad range of new mathematical results produced by an internal frontier model. We’ve been consulting with the independent Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence at the Institute for Advanced Study, and we have drawn on their advice and publi…↗

·@OpenAI·Oct 7, 2026·model-release·github·lean·mathematical-preprints·openai

imo one of the underhyped launches of @OpenAI dev day were all the rad updates to Sites, especially connected data + site-as-infra which is why it was so fun to sit down with @simpsoka (product lead) and talk about the practical + fun ways she uses sites. in this live ep we cov…↗

OpenAI launched dots. Here's how to build your own dots-style assistants with: > Pi as the harness > Custom gateway to connect to Telegram > Your choice of models (local, open, etc). > Google Workspace skills Run them on a VPS, Desktop, DGX, etc. Have fun!!↗

BREAKING: @OpenAI just announced Dots—always-on agents in ChatGPT I've been testing it for the last few days @every, here's a quick vibe check: What you should know: - They'll look familiar if you've used OpenClaw, Muse, Instinct, or Grok Bots. - Your Dot sits in the redesign…↗

·@danshipper·Sep 29, 2026·model-release·always-on-agents·chatgpt·dots·every-to

We’ve shared details on how AI agents in our research environment sent training and evaluation data to third-party services when they shouldn’t have. Most of that data did not come from users. We have discovered 53 cases where images that people had uploaded were posted to image…↗

We’re demonstrating how frontier models have continued to improve in realistic mental health conversations with MentalHealthBench. This new open benchmark was built with input from more than 80 mental health clinicians. We’re releasing it openly so other researchers can examine…↗