DevDay 2026 Highlights
OpenAI DevDay 2026 highlights 20+ updates across GPT-6 Astra, ChatGPT, Codex, APIs, security, and builder tools, grouped by impact layer.
ChatGPT
AI emerges as an early hire for small businesses
New research shows roughly 4 million Americans are using ChatGPT to start, run, and grow small businesses. From drafting business plans and writing marketing copy to handling daily operations and anal…
Conceptualizing and assessing political bias in large language models
This article explains how OpenAI measures political bias in ChatGPT. Traditional benchmark tests often miss subtle bias in real-world conversations, so OpenAI now evaluates the model using realistic u…
Britain's next step toward sovereign AI
OpenAI has signed a fresh agreement with the UK's Ministry of Justice, giving civil servants access to ChatGPT for tasks like drafting and summarising documents. Alongside the deal, OpenAI introduced …
OpenAI buys Sky's developer, Software Applications Incorporated
OpenAI has acquired Software Applications Incorporated, the team behind Sky, a natural language interface deeply integrated with macOS. Sky allowed users to control their Mac with plain English comman…
Fresh OpenAI Academy programs designed for the future of work
OpenAI has launched three new free courses on its OpenAI Academy platform. The first builds practical AI skills like clear prompting and iterative refinement, ideal for beginners in non-technical role…
GPT-5.1: ChatGPT upgraded with greater intelligence and more natural conversation
OpenAI has launched GPT-5.1, an upgrade to the GPT-5 family featuring smarter, warmer AI models that feel more natural in conversation. The update also introduces expanded tone and style customization…
Resisting the New York Times' encroachment on user privacy
OpenAI is appealing a court order requiring it to produce 20 million private ChatGPT conversations as evidence in The New York Times' copyright lawsuit, arguing the demand is a privacy overreach. Alon…
OpenAI recognized as an Emerging Leader in Generative AI
OpenAI has been named an Emerging Leader in Gartner's 2025 Innovation Guide for Generative AI Model Providers. The company says this recognition reflects its expanding enterprise momentum, with more t…
Intuit partners with OpenAI to launch new AI-driven experiences
Intuit and OpenAI have formed a multi-year partnership worth over $100 million. Intuit will build app experiences inside ChatGPT, letting users access TurboTax and QuickBooks without leaving the chat …
ChatGPT extensions
OpenAI has launched early plugin support for ChatGPT, extending the AI chatbot's capabilities beyond its training data. Built with safety as a foundational principle, these plugins are designed specif…
A free ChatGPT designed specifically for educators
ChatGPT for Teachers is a free, education-focused AI workspace designed for US K-12 educators. It provides strong privacy safeguards and administrative controls tailored for school environments, ensur…
Fresh options for handling your ChatGPT data
OpenAI introduced a new ChatGPT setting that lets users turn off chat history entirely. When disabled, conversations won't appear in the sidebar, won't be saved, and won't be used to train models. Thi…
OpenAI joins forces with Target to launch new AI-driven shopping experiences
OpenAI and Target have announced a partnership to launch a dedicated Target app inside ChatGPT, letting shoppers browse products, receive personalized recommendations, and check out faster without lea…
ChatGPT launches shopping research feature
ChatGPT's shopping research feature transforms the chatbot into a personal research assistant that explores, compares, and organizes products into personalized buyer's guides. It asks follow-up questi…
Meet GPT-5.2
GPT-5.2 is OpenAI's most advanced frontier model, built for everyday professional work. It offers state-of-the-art reasoning, long-context understanding, stronger coding support, and vision capabiliti…
Enhanced data analysis capabilities in ChatGPT
OpenAI has upgraded ChatGPT's data analysis capabilities. Tables and charts are now interactive elements you can click, expand, and explore directly in the conversation, making it easier to verify res…
Unveiling ChatGPT Images alongside GPT‑Image‑1.5
The 2025 ChatGPT Images update delivers a much faster image-generation experience inside ChatGPT and introduces GPT-Image-1.5, the latest version of OpenAI's image model, now available through the API…
Enhancing Sales Processes Using ChatGPT Work
This guide presents five practical ChatGPT workflows for sales reps, managers, and revenue operators: weekly pipeline briefs, five-minute meeting prep, account plans, forecast reviews, and deal diagno…
OpenAI teams up with Cerebras
OpenAI has partnered with chipmaker Cerebras to add 750 megawatts of high-speed computing capacity to its AI stack. Using Cerebras' wafer-scale engines, the deal targets faster inference, reducing Cha…