SoftBank completes its $30 billion OpenAI investment with final payment
SoftBank says it has paid the final $10 billion tranche of its 2026 OpenAI commitment, bringing its cumulative investment to $64.6 billion.
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OpenAI rolls out dots for ongoing work across connected apps
OpenAI dots can work across connected apps between conversations. The rollout comes with plan and region limits, separate task usage and memory controls to review.
ChatGPT Space gives teams shared Pages with AI collaborators
ChatGPT Space and Pages support shared work with AI. An October 17 update covers the Slides rollout alongside the original launch limits.
Codex Cloud adds reusable environments for coding tasks
Codex Cloud adds reusable project environments. OpenAI documents machine sizes, a seven day recovery window and limits on browser use and code hosts.
OpenAI adds browser control to the Agents API
OpenAI adds browser control to the Agents API. Website approvals, authentication limits and separate compute charges shape how developers should integrate it.
Codex Security Cloud brings repository scans to the background
Codex Security Cloud scans GitHub repositories and monitors new commits. Its documentation explains validation, proposed patches and public review visibility.
Sign in with ChatGPT brings plan usage to other apps
Sign in with ChatGPT lets eligible subscribers use their allowance in partner apps. Here is how permissions, usage caps and optional credits work.
OpenAI brings ChatGPT, Work, and Codex to a Linux preview
Linux developers finally stop being the tab that everyone forgets. Per TechCrunch, OpenAI released a preview ChatGPT desktop app for Linux that packs ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex into one native client. The company called Linux one of the most-requested…
How ChatGPT and Gemini Spark bring AI assistance to Chrome
The chat box is no longer the product. OpenAI’s Chrome extension can read open tabs, YouTube captions, and Google Docs in place. Google’s Gemini Spark update goes further and tries to browse and click for you.
OpenAI launches GPT-5.6-Cyber via Daybreak Red — cyber defense access stays gated
OpenAI just put a sharper cyber knife in trusted hands and left everyone else staring at the rope. In today’s Daybreak expansion post, the lab introduced GPT-5.6-Cyber for authorized vulnerability research and split Daybreak into Blue and Red tiers. The…
OpenAI publishes its August system card for GPT 5.6
OpenAI just published the safety paperwork for the ChatGPT models people will actually touch this week. Per the Deployment Safety Hub August update, the new GPT-5.6 Sol and GPT-5.6 Luna variants score High under the Preparedness Framework in cybersecurity and…