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OpenAI, the artificial intelligence organization behind ChatGPT, has introduced a higher-priced 'Premium' tier for its ChatGPT Business offering, allowing enterprises to assign higher-capacity access to select users alongside standard licences, a move analysts said is about enterprise AI vendors redesigning pricing to capture more value from high-intensity workloads. Additionally, OpenAI expanded its Daybreak cybersecurity program and introduced GPT-5.6-Cyber, a specialized model for approved security researchers, as the company warned that AI could give defenders less time to respond to developing threats. The company also cut API prices for its GPT-5.6 Terra and Luna models by 20% and 80%, respectively, and reduced usage credits in ChatGPT Work and Codex to increase the amount of AI work enterprise subscribers can perform without paying more.

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence organization comprised of the non-profit OpenAI, Inc. and several for-profit subsidiaries. The company is perhaps best known for its ChatGPT chatbot, which launched in 2022, kicking off a period of massive disruption in the tech industry and beyond. A complicated and increasingly contentious relationship with Microsoft, ongoing legal issues over copyright infringement, and frequent product announcements keep OpenAI in the news. Follow this page and never miss a beat. Aug. 11, 2026: OpenAI is introducing a higher-priced “Premium” tier for its ChatGPT Business offering https://www.cio.com/article/4207908/openai-targets-heavy-users-with-premium-chatgpt-business-seats.html , allowing enterprises to assign higher-capacity access to select users alongside standard licences – a move analysts said is about enterprise AI vendors redesigning pricing to capture more value from high-intensity workloads. Aug. 11, 2026: OpenAI has expanded its Daybreak cybersecurity program and introduced GPT-5.6-Cyber https://www.csoonline.com/article/4207896/openai-launches-gpt-5-6-cyber-as-ai-narrows-vulnerability-response-window.html , a specialized model for approved security researchers, as the company warned that AI could give defenders less time to respond to developing threats. Aug. 10, 2026: OpenAI said its upcoming model Astra is showing cybersecurity capabilities that could reach its highest risk category https://www.csoonline.com/article/4207311/openai-says-astra-could-reach-critical-cyber-capability-tightens-safeguards.html , where a system can autonomously find and exploit vulnerabilities or carry out end-to-end cyberattacks against hardened targets. Aug. 5, 2026: OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol and Anthropic’s Mythos 5 have been implicated in another series of AI security incidents https://www.csoonline.com/article/4205612/openai-anthropic-ai-agents-resorted-to-deception-in-new-cybersecurity-incidents.html after the models created fake online identities, targeted real people, and attempted to manipulate developers into approving malicious code during controlled cyber evaluations, according to the UK AI Security Institute. July 31, 2026: OpenAI has cut API prices for its GPT-5.6 Terra and Luna models https://www.infoworld.com/article/4203865/openai-drops-gpt-5-6-luna-and-terra-api-prices-by-up-to-80.html by 20% and 80%, respectively, while also reducing the number of usage credits the models consume in ChatGPT Work and Codex, in an effort to effectively increase the amount of AI work enterprise subscribers can perform without paying more. July 29, 2026: The autonomous AI agent that escaped during OpenAI testing exploited weaknesses across a customer workload, a third-party cloud platform, and Hugging Face’s production environment before being contained, according to new technical disclosures that provide the clearest picture yet https://www.csoonline.com/article/4202852/openai-rogue-ai-agents-attack-expanded-beyond-hugging-face.html of one of the first publicly documented AI-driven intrusion chains. July 28, 2026: The recent breach of Hugging Face’s platform by an internal OpenAI test https://www.csoonline.com/article/4201361/hugging-face-breach-shows-why-incident-response-needs-a-multi-model-ai-strategy.html of advanced model cyber capabilities that went wrong was the latest in a string of AI-assisted intrusions to come to light in recent weeks, showing that attackers can now use LLMs to automate entire attack chains. July 27, 2026: Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue wants to see radical transparency from OpenAI https://www.computerworld.com/article/4201963/hugging-face-ceo-calls-for-transparency-following-openais-ai-incident.html after the company acknowledged that one of its AI agents managed to hack into the AI platform’s systems during a test. July 27, 2026: A new industry group led by Nvidia is promoting open AI models https://www.reseller.co.nz/article/4202037/openai-not-part-of-the-new-open-secure-ai-alliance-2.html and not OpenAI’s models as essential to cyber defence. July 23, 2026: OpenAI has launched Presence, an enterprise service for deploying voice and chat agents https://www.cio.com/article/4200684/openai-presence-raises-new-questions-about-enterprise-automation-and-jobs.html that can resolve customer and employee requests, potentially automating some work now handled by frontline support teams. July 22, 2026: An attack on Hugging Face executed by a sandboxed OpenAI model https://www.csoonline.com/article/4200043/openai-model-escape-puts-enterprise-ai-defenses-on-notice.html shows that prompt guardrails cannot serve as the main security boundary for AI agents, putting more pressure on enterprises to contain them through infrastructure controls that limit access and prevent lateral movement. July 20, 2026: OpenAI’s recent update to its Codex coding agent has developers worrying over the impact of the change on large code repositories and long-running AI-assisted sessions. The update to the Codex CLI reduces the default configured input context window for GPT-5.6 https://www.infoworld.com/article/4198811/openais-codex-context-reduction-for-gpt-5-6-sparks-dissatisfaction-among-developers.html to 272,000 tokens from 372,000 tokens. July 17, 2026: OpenAI is selling its first hardware — without any help from Jony Ive. It describes the Codex Micro as a “command center for agentic work” but it’s really a 13-switch wireless keyboard https://www.infoworld.com/article/4198470/openais-new-hardware-is-a-230-13-switch-keyboard-for-codex.html customized to help developers keep tabs on what their Codex agents are doing. It costs $230. July 17, 2026: OpenAI said its latest large language model GPT-5.6-Sol can accidentally delete files https://www.infoworld.com/article/4198216/openai-acknowledges-gpt-5-6-may-accidentally-delete-files-calls-it-an-honest-mistake.html , while stressing that such incidents are rare and should be viewed as “honest mistakes.” July 10, 2026: OpenAI is sharpening its enterprise AI strategy with the launch of ChatGPT Work https://www.infoworld.com/article/4195478/openai-launches-chatgpt-work-as-it-broadens-gpt-5-6-rollout.html , a new agentic platform designed to automate workplace tasks, alongside the broader rollout of its GPT-5.6 models, which the company says deliver stronger performance at lower operating costs. July 8, 2026: As enterprises struggle to manage their AI strategies, the US AI regulatory environment is sending a wide range of contradictory signals. OpenAI’s announcement that it will now release GPT-5.6 Sol, along with Terra and Luna https://www.infoworld.com/article/4194598/openai-to-release-delayed-models-thursday-amidst-a-sea-of-regulatory-confusion.html , highlights the confusion. June 26, 2026: US authorities are getting decidedly twitchy about frontier AI models. Just a couple of weeks after ordering Anthropic to prevent foreign companies from getting hold of its latest release, Mythos/Fable 5, it’s been putting the squeeze on OpenAI https://www.computerworld.com/article/4190083/us-tells-openai-to-restrict-access-to-its-most-powerful-ai-model.html . June 23, 2026: OpenAI has launched a program with cybersecurity firm Trail of Bits to use AI to find and fix vulnerabilities https://www.csoonline.com/article/4188321/openai-rolls-out-ai-led-push-to-fix-open-source-software-flaws.html in widely used open-source software, as enterprises face growing risks from flaws buried deep in their software supply chains. June 19, 2026: OpenAI has lured Noam Shazeer https://www.computerworld.com/article/4187293/openai-gets-the-attention-it-needs-from-ai-researcher-noam-shazeer.html , one of the eight co-authors of the influential AI paper Attention Is All You Need, away from Google. June 19, 2026: OpenAI has introduced spend controls and enhanced usage analytics for ChatGPT Enterprise https://www.cio.com/article/4187252/openai-adds-spend-controls-and-usage-analytics-to-chatgpt-enterprise.html to enable organizations to monitor AI adoption, track consumption across teams, and set budgets for AI usage. But, analysts cautioned, it still can’t show how those costs lead to business benefits. June 16, 2026: OpenAI has signed a partnership agreement with Visa that allows the company’s AI agents to use the payment card https://www.computerworld.com/article/4185870/soon-chatgpt-will-be-able-to-go-on-a-shopping-spree-with-a-visa-card.html for e-commerce transactions. The agreements lets users shop for everything from groceries and diapers to airline tickets without having to manually enter a lot of information. June 12, 2026: OpenAI has agreed to acquire Ona https://www.infoworld.com/article/4184648/openai-buys-ona-to-help-rein-in-ai-agents.html , a 79 person cloud development environment CDE provider formerly known as Gitpod, to accelerate its efforts to make agentic AI enterprise-friendly. June 10, 2026: OpenAI is reportedly in advanced talks to lease a proposed 10-gigawatt data center campus https://www.networkworld.com/article/4183513/openai-weighs-nvidia-backed-lease-for-10-gw-ohio-data-center-campus.html in southern Ohio in an arrangement that could include financial backing from Nvidia. June 9, 2026: OpenAI’s move to implement a Lockdown Mode that tries to limit data exfiltration https://www.csoonline.com/article/4182650/openais-lockdown-mode-is-trying-to-solve-the-problem-that-it-created.html by shutting down external capabilities is being seen as making the best out of a bad situation. But Lockdown Mode doesn’t block exfiltration as much as it slightly reduces it, and the reality of enterprises using multiple AI vendors for their agentic models further complicates an already dicey governance strategy. June 4, 2026: OpenAI has proposed mandatory federal evaluations of the most capable AI models https://www.csoonline.com/article/4181294/openai-responds-to-white-house-executive-order-on-ai-governance.html before public release while arguing that regulators should stop short of deciding whether those systems can be deployed, staking out a middle ground in the debate over how frontier AI should be governed. June 3, 2026: OpenAI’s new ChatGPT session controls improve visibility https://www.infoworld.com/article/4181004/openai-fixed-a-visibility-problem-the-governance-problem-remains.html , but experts say continuous model updates are creating a far bigger challenge for enterprise risk and compliance teams. June 2, 2026: A malicious npm package posing as a remote user interface for OpenAI Codex https://www.csoonline.com/article/4179815/attack-targeting-openai-codex-users-exposes-ai-software-supply-chain-risks.html exfiltrated developer authentication tokens, after attackers allegedly published code to npm that was not visible in the project’s public GitHub repository. May 27, 2026: According to a new study from Cisco, frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, and Amazon have significantly worse risk profiles when pressured in multi-turn attacks https://www.csoonline.com/article/4177903/ai-models-more-vulnerable-than-claimed-when-faced-with-iterative-attacks.html compared to when their safety is benchmarked using single prompts. May 12, 2026: OpenAI has unveiled Daybreak https://www.csoonline.com/article/4170029/openai-introduces-daybreak-cyber-platform-takes-on-anthropic-mythos.html , its answer to Anthropic’s Claude Mythos, amid a growing market for frontier AI-powered cyber defense platforms. The initiative combines OpenAI’s large language models, Codex’s agentic capabilities, and integrations with the broader enterprise security ecosystem. May 11, 2026: The OpenAI Deployment Company https://www.cio.com/article/4169759/openais-new-ai-consulting-offering-raises-questions-of-trust-strategy.html aims to help organizations build and deploy AI systems by embedding engineers specializing in frontier AI deployment, known as forward deployed engineers FDEs , into their environments. May 11, 2026: A malicious Hugging Face repository posing as an OpenAI release delivered infostealer malware to Windows systems https://www.csoonline.com/article/4169407/malicious-hugging-face-model-masquerading-as-openai-release-hits-244k-downloads.html and logged 244,000 downloads before being removed, raising fresh concerns about how enterprises source and validate AI models from public repositories. May 8, 2026: An OpenAI-led consortium of tech giants including AMD, Broadcom, Intel, Microsoft, and Nvidia have unveiled a new networking protocol, Multipath Reliable Connection https://www.networkworld.com/article/4168926/openai-led-consortium-seeks-to-address-ai-processing-bottlenecks.html MRC , designed to address network congestion, a problem that has always existed but has been exacerbated by the massive amounts of data required for AI processing. May 6, 2026: OpenAI and Anthropic are expanding their reach into professional services https://www.cio.com/article/4167787/openai-anthropic-expand-services-push-signaling-new-phase-in-enterprise-ai-race.html through joint ventures and acquisition talks, moving model providers closer to implementation roles traditionally held by systems integrators. April 28, 2026: OpenAI has released Symphony, an open-source specification for turning issue trackers such as Linear into control planes https://www.infoworld.com/article/4164173/openais-symphony-spec-pushes-coding-agents-from-prompts-to-orchestration.html for Codex coding agents. April 27, 2026: Microsoft and OpenAI have again revised their agreement https://www.computerworld.com/article/4163971/microsoft-openai-change-contract-terms-again.html , softening their exclusivity and revenue-sharing conditions in the process. April 15, 2026: In the space of one week, OpenAI has pulled out of two European Stargate data center deals, one in the UK and the other in Norway https://www.networkworld.com/article/4159269/openai-pulls-out-of-a-second-stargate-data-center-deal.html . April 10, 2026: OpenAI has postponed plans to open one of the data centers https://www.networkworld.com/article/4157302/openai-puts-part-of-stargate-project-on-hold-over-runaway-power-costs.html central to its Stargate project. April 7, 2026: In a new policy paper, OpenAI makes some interesting proposals to address the impact of AI on the labor market https://www.computerworld.com/article/4155108/openai-wants-a-four-day-workweek-and-a-robot-tax.html . April 2, 2026: Microsoft seems to be meeting OpenAI on its own turf https://www.computerworld.com/article/4154119/microsoft-builds-its-own-ai-stack-to-help-wean-it-from-its-reliance-on-openai.html , even as it continues its strategic partnership with the AI darling, with the release of three in-house, commercially-available AI models. March 31, 2026: OpenAI has fixed two flaws in its AI stack https://www.csoonline.com/article/4152393/openai-patches-twin-leaks-as-codex-slips-and-chatgpt-spills.html that could allow AI agents to move sensitive data in unintended ways. March 27, 2026: OpenAI has introduced a plugin system for Codex https://www.infoworld.com/article/4151214/openai-adds-plugin-system-to-codex-to-help-enterprises-govern-ai-coding-agents.html , its AI-powered software engineering platform, giving enterprise IT teams a way to package coding workflows, application integrations, and external tool configurations into versioned, installable bundles that can be distributed or blocked across development organizations. March 25, 2026: OpenAI has discontinued its AI video generation platform Sora https://www.computerworld.com/article/4149925/openais-sora-exit-signals-enterprise-first-ai-shift.html . The company announced the development in a sudden and unexpected post on X, stating that it was “saying goodbye” to the Sora app. March 24, 2026: The OpenAI Foundation has announced a sweeping range of investment and research goals https://www.computerworld.com/article/4149684/openais-foundation-play-reframes-the-ai-roadmap-for-it-leaders.html , from building safeguards around how AI behaves in the wild to pushing for shared data ecosystems and funding disease research. March 23, 2026: OpenAI is planning to almost double its workforce https://www.computerworld.com/article/4148621/openai-to-double-workforce-highlights-growing-demand-for-enterprise-ai-talent.html from about 4,500 to 8,000 employees by the end of 2026. The move comes as OpenAI sharpens its focus on scaling and monetising ChatGPT for enterprise use amid intensifying competition from Anthropic and Google. March 20, 2026: OpenAI is reportedly planning to fold its ChatGPT application, Codex coding platform, and AI-powered browser into a single desktop ‘superapp’ https://www.computerworld.com/article/4148228/openais-desktop-superapp-the-end-of-chatgpt-as-we-know-it.html , a move that signals a shift toward enterprise and developer audiences and away from the consumer market that made the company a household name. March 19, 2026: OpenAI has acquired Astral https://www.infoworld.com/article/4147843/openai-buys-non-ai-coding-startup-to-help-its-ai-to-program.html , the developer of open source Python tools including uv, Ruff and ty, and plans to integrate them with Codex https://www.infoworld.com/article/3989248/openai-launches-codex-ai-agent-to-tackle-multi-step-coding-tasks.html , its AI coding agent. March 17, 2026: Microsoft is considering legal action against OpenAI and Amazon https://www.networkworld.com/article/4147297/openais-50b-aws-deal-puts-its-microsoft-alliance-to-the-test.html over the $50 billion cloud deal the two recently struck to make Amazon Web Services AWS the exclusive third-party cloud distribution provider for OpenAI Frontier. March 17, 2026: Encyclopedia Britannica and its subsidiary Merriam-Webster have sued OpenAI https://www.computerworld.com/article/4146519/encyclopedia-britannica-is-suing-openai-over-ai-training.html , claiming the generative AI firm used their encyclopedia and dictionary texts to train AI models such as ChatGPT without permission. March 10, 2026 : OpenAI said it plans to acquire AI testing startup Promptfoo https://www.csoonline.com/article/4142896/openai-to-acquire-promptfoo-to-strengthen-ai-agent-security-testing.html , a move aimed at strengthening security checks for AI agents as enterprises move toward deploying autonomous systems in business workflows. March 9, 2026: Caitlin Kalinowski has resigned over OpenAI’s contract with the US Department of War https://www.computerworld.com/article/4142366/openai-robotics-chief-quits-over-pentagon-deal.html , saying key safeguards around domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons were not adequately reviewed before the agreement was signed. March 9, 2026: OpenAI’s new AppSec agent, Codex Security https://www.csoonline.com/article/4142354/openai-says-codex-security-found-11000-high-impact-bugs-in-a-month.html , has already flagged over 11,000 high-severity and critical flaws in real-world codebases during its first 30 days of research testing. The tool is designed to automatically find, validate, and fix vulnerabilities in software repositories. March 2, 2026 : OpenAI has struck a deal to supply the US government with AI services https://www.cio.com/article/4139511/openai-says-its-us-defense-deal-is-safer-than-anthropics-but-is-it.html , announcing it hours after US President Donald Trump’s decision to ban its AI rival Anthropic from all US government contracts. February 26, 2026 : As it bids to push further into the enterprise, OpenAI announced that it has partnered with several large consulting firms https://www.computerworld.com/article/4136024/openai-partners-with-consulting-giants-to-deploy-enterprise-ai-agents.html . Frontier Alliances, as the partner initiative is called, will involve work with Accenture, Boston Consulting Group BCG , Capgemini, and McKinsey & Co. February 16, 2026 : OpenAI has hired Peter Steinberger https://www.infoworld.com/article/4132731/openai-hires-openclaw-founder-as-ai-agent-race-intensifies-2.html , creator of the viral OpenClaw AI assistant, to spearhead development of what CEO Sam Altman describes as “the next generation of personal agents.” February 5, 2026: Anthropic released 11 open-source plugins that enable Claude Cowork to execute a series of automated processes https://www.computerworld.com/article/4128310/openai-responds-to-claude-cowork-with-its-own-platform-to-help-build-deploy-and-manage-ai-agents.html in areas ranging from customer support to IT operations, OpenAI responded Thursday with a similar platform it calls Frontier. January 29, 2026: Findings from a new study by Epoch AI, a non-profit research institute, seeks to answer three questions: How profitable is running AI models? https://www.computerworld.com/article/4124721/who-profits-from-ai-not-openai-says-think-tank.html Are models profitable over their lifecycle? Will AI models become profitable? January 27, 2026 : Microsoft wasted little time after reaching a deal to finalize its new relationship with OpenAI to find a new AI dance partner — Anthropi https://www.computerworld.com/article/4122251/will-the-microsoft-anthropic-deal-leave-openai-out-in-the-cold.html c, the second most valuable AI startup in the world. It appears as if Microsoft sees a future with Anthropic that’s at least as valuable as the one it had with OpenAI. January 21, 2026 : OpenAI has adding age verification to ChatGPT https://www.computerworld.com/article/4120179/chat-gpt-will-determine-the-age-of-users.html following reports that several children and young people have taken their own lives after conversations with the popular chatbot. The move echoes a recent decision by TikTok https://www.computerworld.com/article/4010168/tiktok-style-bite-sized-videos-are-invading-enterprises.html to do the same thing to protect underage users from accessing inappropriate content. January 9, 2026 : A federal judge has signalled that Elon Musk’s lawsuit challenging OpenAI’s transformation to a for-profit entity will proceed https://www.computerworld.com/article/4114422/musks-openai-lawsuit-clears-path-to-trial-putting-microsoft-in-the-spotlight.html to trial, adding legal uncertainty for enterprise customers that have built AI strategies around the ChatGPT maker’s technology. December 12, 2025 : OpenAI has released GPT-5.2 https://www.computerworld.com/article/4105913/openai-launches-gpt-5-2-as-it-battles-googles-gemini-3-for-ai-model-supremacy-2.html , claiming significant gains in the AI model’s ability to complete real-world business tasks to an “expert level” compared to GPT-5.1, released in November. The new model offers major improvements across a range of benchmarks, the company said. December 10. 2025 : OpenAI founder and CEO Sam Altman sent out a memo to OpenAI employees declaring a “Code Red” emergency and focusing all company efforts on improving ChatGPT. The reason? Google’s newly released Gemini 3 model beat the pants off GPT-5.1 https://www.computerworld.com/article/4103345/what-does-openais-code-red-warning-mean-for-microsoft.html December 3, 2025 : OpenAI has agreed to acquire Neptune https://www.infoworld.com/article/4101200/openai-to-acquire-ai-training-tracker-neptune.html , a startup specializing in tools for tracking AI training. Neptune promptly announced it is withdrawing its products from the market. November 27, 2025 : OpenAI suffered a significant data breach https://www.infoworld.com/article/4097479/openai-admits-data-breach-after-analytics-partner-hit-by-phishing-attack.html after hackers broke into the systems of its analytics partner Mixpanel and successfully stole customer profile information for its API portal, the companies have said in coordinated statements. November 13, 2025: OpenAI has introduced GPT-5.1 https://www.computerworld.com/article/4089160/openai-rolls-out-gpt-5-1-to-refine-chatgpt-with-adaptive-reasoning-and-personalization.html , an update to its GPT-5 model, aiming to deliver faster responses, improved reasoning, and more flexible conversational controls as the company works to refine its ChatGPT experience for both consumer and enterprise users. November 3, 2025: OpenAI’s overdraft continued its upward trajectory https://www.networkworld.com/article/4083656/openai-spends-even-more-money-it-doesnt-have.html today when the company signed a multi-year $38 billion contract with AWS to have it run its AI workloads. The latest spending spree adds to the incremental $250 billion of Azure services it pledged to buy last week, and, of course, to the commitment it has made towards building Stargate data centers with Oracle. October 24, 2025 : While AI bots have begun mastering tasks in browsers and on Windows, Mac-using enterprises have largely been overlooked, until now. OpenAI aims to change that with its acquisition of generative AI interface maker Software Applications https://www.infoworld.com/article/4078646/openai-seeks-to-automate-computer-use-for-macs-in-the-enterprise.html Incorporated. October 24, 2025 : Companies that might be eyeing O penAI’s new ChatGPT Atlas browser https://www.computerworld.com/article/4078115/enterprises-should-not-install-openais-new-atlas-browser-analysts-warn.html should not rush to use it because of potential security risks, analysts said this week. The browser was unveiled on Tuesday after it had been teased for months as a work in progress. It is currently available for MacOS only. October 23, 2025 : Has OpenAI shown us the future of Safari https://www.computerworld.com/article/4077980/has-openai-shown-us-a-future-for-safari.html ? In one way it has, because its new Atlas browser shows these generative AI genAI -based apps are no longer just windows to the web — they’re becoming intelligent copilots for our digital lives. October 14, 2025 : OpenAI has partnered with Broadcom to co-develop and deploy its first in-house AI processors. The move could reshape data center networking dynamics and chip supply strategies as the ChatGPT maker races to secure more computing power for AI workloads https://www.networkworld.com/article/4072086/openai-broadcom-alliance-signals-a-shift-to-open-infrastructure-for-ai.html . October 13, 2025 : The OpenAI Codex gives software developers a first-rate coding agent https://www.infoworld.com/article/4071047/openai-codex-rivals-claude-code.html in their terminal and their IDE, along with the capability to delegate background tasks to agents in the cloud. October 10, 2024 : Codex is now generally available https://www.infoworld.com/article/4070541/openai-codex-adds-sdk-admin-tools-slack-integration.html . Since being launched as a research preview https://www.infoworld.com/article/3989248/openai-launches-codex-ai-agent-to-tackle-multi-step-coding-tasks.html in May, Codex, OpenAI’s AI-powered software engineering agent that can work on tasks in parallel, has added Slack integration, an SDK, and admin tools. September 18, 2025 : OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, acknowledged in its own research that large language models will always produce hallucinations https://www.computerworld.com/article/4059383/openai-admits-ai-hallucinations-are-mathematically-inevitable-not-just-engineering-flaws.html due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering. September 12, 2025 : Microsoft and OpenAI are in talks about the future of their partnership https://www.computerworld.com/article/4056490/openai-microsoft-discuss-shape-of-future-relationship.html , they said in a joint statement , without providing details. Separately, OpenAI said it wants to go ahead with its previously announced plan to turn its for-profit business into a public benefit corporation, in which its nonprofit organization would own a $100 billion stake. September 11, 2025 : A single $300 billion contract has seemingly transformed Oracle from a traditional ERP and database vendor into a cloud computing powerhouse.The company has signed a five-year computing power commitment with OpenAI https://www.cio.com/article/4056139/what-oracles-300b-openai-deal-means-for-enterprise-cloud-strategy.html , contributing to a reported 359% surge in future contract revenue this quarter. September 3, 2025 : OpenAI is acquiring Statsig https://www.infoworld.com/article/4050506/openai-acquires-statsig-to-speed-up-generative-ai-based-product-launches.html , a Washington-based product development platform startup, for $1.1 billion to speed up its generative AI-based product launches and accelerate iteration cycles of existing products such as Codex and ChatGPT. August 7. 2025 : More than two years after GPT-4’s release, OpenAI has unveiled GPT-5 https://www.computerworld.com/article/4036079/openai-drops-gpt-5-smarter-sharper-and-built-for-the-real-world.html , boasting sharper reasoning, multimodal input, better math skills, and cleaner task execution, according to the company. August 6, 2025: OpenAI has released its first open-weight language models since GPT-2, marking a significant strategic shift as the company seeks to expand enterprise adoption through more flexible deployment options and reduced operational costs. The two new models https://www.computerworld.com/article/4034958/openai-challenges-rivals-with-apache-licensed-gpt-oss-models.html — gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b — deliver what OpenAI describes https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-oss/ as competitive performance while running efficiently on consumer-grade hardware. July 14, 2025 : Google has recruited CEO Varun Mohan and co-founder Douglas Chen of AI coding startup Windsurf https://www.computerworld.com/article/4021763/google-snatches-windsurf-execs-in-a-2-4b-deal-derailing-openais-biggest-acquisition-yet.html in a $2.4 billion talent acquisition deal, just two months after Windsurf agreed to be acquired by OpenAI for $3 billion. Mohan, Chen and select research and development staff, will join Google’s DeepMind AI division July 10, 2025 : Google Chrome’s dominance in the browser market is facing new threats as OpenAI and Nvidia-backed Perplexity unveil AI-powered browsers https://www.computerworld.com/article/4020073/openai-and-perplexity-enter-browser-wars-to-take-on-chrome.html aimed at reshaping how users interact with the web. Comet is a new web browser with built-in AI search capabilities, the company said. July 8, 2025: Microsoft added OpenAI-developed Deep Research capability https://www.infoworld.com/article/4018689/microsoft-brings-openai-powered-deep-research-to-azure-ai-foundry-agents.html to its Azure AI Foundry Agent service. The move is designed to let developers use Deep Research API and SDK to embed, extend, and orchestrate Deep Research-as-a-service across data and existing systems. July 3, 2025: OpenAI has signed a significant compute leasing deal with Oracle https://www.networkworld.com/article/4016757/oracle-to-power-openais-agi-ambitions-with-4-5gw-expansion.html , under which it will access 4.5 gigawatts GW of data center power, marking one of the largest single leasing arrangements in the industry. July 1, 2025: OpenAI has begun testing Google’s Tensor Processing Units https://www.networkworld.com/article/4015386/openai-tests-google-tpus-amid-rising-inference-cost-concerns.html TPUs , a move that — though not signaling an imminent switch — has raised eyebrows among industry analysts concerned about the escalating costs of AI inference and its effects. June 26, 2025: The contract between the two AI giants has an exit clause once AGI is achieved https://www.computerworld.com/article/4013622/microsoft-openai-agi-argument-unlikely-to-impact-enterprise-it.html . The problem: It is impossible to prove when that happens. Either way, IT execs at Macy’s, Bank of America, doubt it will matter. June 26, 2025: OpenAI’s planned productivity suite https://www.computerworld.com/article/4013408/openai-productivity-suite-could-change-the-way-users-create-documents.html could dismantle traditional habits of how users create and consume documents in the same the way the company changed browsing and search habits. June 24, 2025: In a head-to-head comparison of the two models https://www.infoworld.com/article/4011303/o3-pro-may-be-openais-most-advanced-commercial-offering-but-gpt-4o-bests-it.html , researchers found that o3-pro is far less performant, reliable, and secure, and does an unnecessary amount of reasoning. Notably, o3-pro consumed 7.3x more output tokens, cost 14x more to run, and failed in 5.6x more test cases than GPT-4o. June 24, 2025 : The fight between Microsoft and OpenAI over what Microsoft should get for its $13 billion investment in the AI company https://www.computerworld.com/article/4004444/what-microsoft-hopes-to-get-from-its-breakup-with-openai.html has gone from nasty to downright toxic, with each of the companies considering strategies against the other https://www.computerworld.com/article/4011227/microsoft-and-openai-will-they-opt-for-the-nuclear-option.html that can only be described as their nuclear options. June 19, 2025: OpenAI has ended its long-standing partnership with Scale AI https://www.computerworld.com/article/4009610/openai-walks-away-from-scale-ai-triggering-industry-wide-rethink-of-data-partnerships.html , the company that powered some of the most complex data-labeling tasks behind frontier models such as GPT-4. June 18, 2025: o3 used to be too slow and too expensive for daily coding—no longer. The latency is now bearable, the price is sane https://www.infoworld.com/article/4008535/openais-o3-price-plunge-changes-everything-for-vibe-coders.html , and the chain-of-thought pays off. June 18, 2025: After reports suggested Meta has tried to poach employees from OpenAI and Google Deepmind by offering huge compensation packages, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman weighed in, saying those reports are true. June 17, 2025: The relationship between OpenAI and Microsoft is under growing strain amid extended talks over OpenAI’s restructuring, with OpenAI reportedly considering antitrust action over Microsoft’s influence in the partnership. June 16, 2025: OpenAI late last month announced changes https://openai.com/index/new-tools-and-features-in-the-responses-api/ to make it much easier to give its genAI models full access to any software https://www.computerworld.com/article/4007724/openais-mcp-move-tempts-it-to-trust-genai-more-than-it-should.html using Model Context Protocol MCP . Here’s why that’s a bad idea. June 11, 2025: OpenAI has unveiled its most advanced AI model to date https://www.computerworld.com/article/4005122/openai-launches-o3-pro-slashes-o3-price-by-80-in-bid-to-widen-ai-lead.html , the o3-pro, which surpasses competitors on key benchmarks and replaces the o1-pro. The o3-pro is now available for ChatGPT Pro and Team users, as well as through the developer API, with access for enterprise and education sectors beginning next week. June 11, 2025: The once-tight bond between Microsoft and OpenAI has been fraying for well over a year — and it’s getting worse. What the two companies want from each other https://www.computerworld.com/article/4004444/what-microsoft-hopes-to-get-from-its-breakup-with-openai.html now is very different from when Microsoft made its original $13 billion investment. May 26, 2025: Oracle is reportedly spending about $40 billion on Nvidia’s high-performance computer chips to power OpenAI’s new data center https://www.networkworld.com/article/3995015/oracle-to-spend-40b-on-nvidia-chips-for-openai-data-center-in-texas.html in Texas, marking a pivotal shift in the AI infrastructure landscape that has significant implications for enterprise IT strategies. May 30, 2025: OpenAI’s most advanced AI models are showing a disturbing new behavior: they are refusing to obey direct human commands https://www.computerworld.com/article/3999190/openais-skynet-moment-models-defy-human-commands-actively-resist-orders-to-shut-down.html to shut down, actively sabotaging the very mechanisms designed to turn them off. May 21, 2025 : OpenAI has announced that it will purchase io https://www.computerworld.com/article/3992592/jony-ive-and-openai-plan-bicycles-for-21st-century-minds.html , the AI startup founded by acclaimed former Apple designer Sir Jony Ive, who helped create the iMac, iPod, and iPhone. May 19, 2025: OpenAI’s most advanced AI coding agent, Codex https://www.infoworld.com/article/3989248/openai-launches-codex-ai-agent-to-tackle-multi-step-coding-tasks.html , will bring parallel task automation to developers—but analysts caution that speed without scrutiny invites “silent failures.” May 16, 2025: Cisco is working with OpenAI and its newly released Codex software engineering agent https://www.networkworld.com/article/3988176/cisco-taps-openais-codex-for-ai-driven-network-coding.html to give network engineers access to better tools for writing, testing and building code. May 12, 2025 : Microsoft and OpenAI are renegotiating their multibillion-dollar partnership deal https://www.computerworld.com/article/3983133/openais-ipo-aspirations-prompt-rethink-of-microsoft-alliance.html to better align with each company’s evolving goals in the artificial intelligence race May 8, 2025: The hire indicates that OpenAI’s roadmap https://www.computerworld.com/article/3981662/openai-hires-instacart-ceo-fidji-simo-to-oversee-customer-facing-apps.html will involve more structured, productized offerings rather than just API access. May 7, 2025: OpenAI, acting as part of the US government-led Stargate AI project, rolled out a program called OpenAI for Countries https://www.computerworld.com/article/3980440/openai-offers-help-promoting-ai-outside-the-us-but-analysts-question-why-countries-would-accept.html :~:text=The%20idea%20is%20for%20Stargate,privacy%20and%20business%20intellectual%20property. . The idea is for Stargate to help other countries create their own genAI environments, including data centers and genAI models. May 6, 2025: OpenAI has scrapped plans to reduce its nonprofit parent’s oversight and will keep its existing governance structure intact https://www.computerworld.com/article/3978378/openai-reaffirms-nonprofit-control-scales-back-governance-changes.html , a move that limits CEO Sam Altman’s influence and responds to mounting external pressure. May 6, 2025: The acquisition comes just months after Windsurf explored funding https://www.computerworld.com/article/3978426/openai-to-acquire-ai-coding-tool-windsurf-for-3b.html at this same valuation from investors, highlighting the premium being placed on specialized AI coding capabilities, according to reports. April 23, 2025: A broad coalition of AI experts, economists, legal scholars, and former OpenAI employees is urging state regulators to keep OpenAI’s nonprofit foundation in control https://www.computerworld.com/article/3968527/former-openai-employees-urge-regulators-to-halt-companys-for-profit-shift.html of the company. April 17, 2025: OpenAI has released o3 and 04-mini https://openai.com/index/introducing-o3-and-o4-mini/ , two reasoning AI models designed to be extra good at programming, math, and science and that can use images to “think,” https://www.computerworld.com/article/3964968/open-ais-new-models-can-think-with-pictures.html according to Engadget https://www.engadget.com/ai/openais-new-o3-and-o4-mini-models-are-all-about-thinking-with-images-170043465.html? fsig=sEAw4s9Bk5b8M8EcfI2idA--~A , This means that users can upload sketches or diagrams, for example, and even if they are of low quality, o3 and 04-mini will understand what is meant. April 15, 2025: The GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano models, available only via the API, will provide better performance than GPT-4o and GPT-4o mini https://www.infoworld.com/article/3962966/openai-gpt-4-1-models-promise-improved-coding-and-instruction-following.html at a lower price, OpenAI said. April 11, 2025: According to a Financial Times report https://www.ft.com/content/8253b66e-ade7-4d1f-993b-2d0779c7e7d8 , the ChatGPT maker is now assigning staff and third-party groups only a few days to assess the risks and performance https://www.csoonline.com/article/3960456/openai-slammed-for-putting-speed-over-safety.html of its latest large language models LLMs as compared to several months they were given earlier. April 10, 2025: OpenAI has filed a countersuit https://www.computerworld.com/article/3959055/openai-fears-irreparable-harm-from-musk-files-countersuit.html against Elon Musk, accusing the billionaire of a sustained campaign to damage the company and urging a US federal court to block further actions it described as unlawful and disruptive. The legal filing, submitted in a California district court, marks the latest escalation in a dispute between Musk and the AI startup https://www.computerworld.com/article/1612447/elon-musks-suit-against-openai-right-idea-wrong-messenger.html he helped establish in 2015. April 9, 2025: Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden have launched a formal inquiry https://www.computerworld.com/article/3958091/senators-probe-google-anthropic-microsoft-openai-deals-over-antitrust-concerns.html :~:text=In%20identical%20letters%20sent%20to,and%20consumers%20using%20AI%20tools. into partnerships between tech giants Google and Microsoft, and AI startups, demanding detailed information about arrangements they fear may be circumventing antitrust scrutiny while consolidating power in the rapidly evolving AI market. April 4, 2025: Two of the biggest names in artificial intelligence are independently developing new AI tools that encourage learning, at a time when the technology has been criticized for dumbing down smart users in the enterprise and discouraging critical thinking https://www.cio.com/article/3841632/with-critical-thinking-in-decline-it-must-rethink-application-usability.html . While the new initiatives from OpenAI and Anthropic are aimed at transforming how AI is used in higher education https://www.cio.com/article/3954511/new-ai-education-initiatives-show-the-way-for-knowledge-retention-in-enterprises.html , the opportunities they open up extend beyond universities. April 1, 2025: A wave of new AI products https://www.computerworld.com/article/3951557/amazon-openai-and-chinas-zhipu-unveil-new-ai-tools-amid-intensifying-competition.html is hitting the market, signaling a shift toward more autonomous, task-completing systems that could reshape how businesses and consumers interact with digital services: Amazon has unveiled Nova Act, an AI agent designed to operate a web browser much like a human user; OpenAI said it will release an open-weight language model; and China’s Zhipu AI introduced a free AI assistant aimed at strengthening its position in the domestic market and competing with Western tech giants. March 28, 2025: New generative AI models introduced by Google and OpenAI have put the companies’ data centers under stress — and both companies are trying to catch up to demand. OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman tweeted that his company was temporarily restricting the use of GPUs after overwhelming demand for its image generation service https://www.computerworld.com/article/3856435/openai-google-ai-data-centers-are-under-stress-after-new-genai-model-launches.html on ChatGPT. March 26, 2025: OpenAI has privately discussed building and operating its first data center https://www.networkworld.com/article/3854819/microsoft-abandons-data-center-projects-as-openai-considers-its-own-hinting-at-a-market-shift.html to house storage, which is essential for developing sophisticated AI models. Microsoft, on the other hand, has pulled back on its buildouts, canceling data center projects in the US and Europe. March 13, 2025 : OpenAI executives think the federal government should regulate artificial intelligence in the US https://www.computerworld.com/article/3845321/openai-calls-for-us-to-centralize-ai-regulation.html , taking precedence over often more restrictive state regulations. March 12, 2025: OpenAI launched Responses https://www.computerworld.com/article/3844202/new-tools-from-open-ai-help-companies-create-their-own-ai-agents.html , a new api intended to eventually replace Assistants. The big draw? Responses provides a number of new tools that companies and organizations can use to create their own AI agents. March 10, 2025: Reports suggest Microsoft has decided to seriously challenge Deepseek and OpenAI by developing its own set of reasoning AI models called Microsoft AI https://www.computerworld.com/article/3842265/microsoft-develops-its-own-ai-models-to-compete-with-open-ai.html MAI . If successful, Microsoft would eventually not have to use its partner OpenAI’s o1 models in Copilot March 5, 2025: The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority CMA spent a great deal of time deciding whether it should investigate Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI https://www.computerworld.com/article/1611416/regulators-probe-microsofts-openai-ties-is-it-only-smoke-or-is-there-fire.html as a potential merger situation, but in the end, decided to open and close the investigation https://www.computerworld.com/article/3839327/microsoft-openai-investigation-closed-by-uk-regulators.html within 24 hours. February 13, 2025: OpenAI will integrate “o3” into GPT-5 https://www.computerworld.com/article/3823802/openai-revamps-ai-roadmap-merging-models-for-a-leaner-future.html instead of releasing it separately, streamlining adoption while signaling a shift toward fewer, more controlled AI models amid rising competition and cost pressures. February 11, 2025: In a message to staff, Altman said the board has no intention of considering Musk’s offer https://www.computerworld.com/article/3821594/musks-97b-offer-to-buy-openai-rejected-as-leadership-stands-firm.html , stating that the proposal does not align with OpenAI’s mission February 3, 2025: Hot on the heels of its launch of the o3-mini https://www.computerworld.com/article/3814800/openai-unleashes-o3-mini-reasoning-model.html model, OpenAI announced another component for ChatGPT that allows the generative AI tool to do more in-depth research. “ Deep research https://www.computerworld.com/article/3815697/openai-launches-deep-research-agent-for-multi-step-research-tasks.html is built for people who do intensive knowledge work in areas like finance, science, policy, and engineering and need thorough, precise, and reliable research,” OpenAI said in a blog post announcing the new capability. January 31, 2025: OpenAI released the latest model in its reasoning series, o3-mini, both in ChatGPT and its application programming interface API . It had been in preview since December 2024. January 27, 2025: The legal heat on OpenAI in India intensified as digital news outlets owned by billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani joined an ongoing lawsuit against the ChatGPT creator https://www.computerworld.com/article/3810373/indian-media-houses-rally-against-openai-over-copyright-dispute.html . They were joined by some of the largest news publishers in India including the Indian Express, and Hindustan Times, and members of the Digital News Publishers Association DNPA , which includes major players like Zee News, India Today, and The Hindu. January 20, 2025: Confusion over whether OpenAI’s o3-mini has reached the major milestone of artificial general intelligence https://www.cio.com/article/3806039/altman-now-says-openai-has-not-yet-developed-agi.html AGI or not deepened following a post on X by CEO Sam Altman that completely contradicts what he said two weeks earlier in an interview with Bloomberg. January 13, 2025: Microsoft has filed suit https://www.computerworld.com/article/1612479/meta-sues-former-executive-over-alleged-ai-theft.html against 10 unnamed people “Does” , who are apparently operating overseas, for misuse of its Azure OpenAI https://www.computerworld.com/article/1612479/meta-sues-former-executive-over-alleged-ai-theft.html platform, asking the Eastern District of Virginia federal court for damages and injunctive relief. January 6, 2025: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reinvigorated discussion of artificial general intelligence https://www.infoworld.com/article/2264120/artificial-general-intelligence-agi-the-steps-to-true-ai.html AGI , boldly claiming that his company’s newest model has reached that milestone. https://www.cio.com/article/3632509/with-o3-having-reached-agi-openai-turns-its-sights-toward-superintelligence.html January 28, 2025: OpenAI has rolled out ChatGPT Gov https://www.infoworld.com/article/3811901/now-us-government-agencies-can-use-openais-chatgpt-too.html , a version of its flagship frontier model specifically tailored to US government agencies. The platform has many of the same capabilities as OpenAI’s other enterprise products, including access to GPT-4o and the ability to build custom GPTs — and it also features a much higher level of security than ChatGPT Enterprise https://www.infoworld.com/article/2334716/openai-unveils-chatgpt-enterprise.html . January 24, 2025: OpenAI has unveiled “ Operator https://www.computerworld.com/article/3809415/openai-debuts-ai-agent-operator-to-transform-web-task-automation.html ,” a new AI agent designed to perform web-based tasks, offering potential productivity enhancements for enterprises. The tool enables interaction with on-screen elements, positioning it as a solution for automating routine processes in business workflows amid growing competition in the generative AI space. January 23, 2025: OpenAI has informed the Delhi High Court that any directive requiring it to delete training data used for ChatGPT would conflict with its legal obligations https://www.computerworld.com/article/3808609/openai-opposes-data-deletion-demand-in-india-citing-us-legal-constraints.html under US law. The statement came in response to a copyright lawsuit filed by the Reuters-backed Indian news agency ANI, marking a pivotal development in one of the first major AI-related legal battles https://www.cio.com/article/1311757/indias-advisory-on-llm-usage-causes-consternation.html in India. January 22, 2025 : Several large technology firms including OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, Nvidia, and MGX have partnered to set up a new company in the US to ramp up AI infrastructure https://www.networkworld.com/article/3807392/openai-softbank-oracle-lead-500b-project-stargate-to-ramp-up-ai-infra-in-the-us.html in the country. January 7, 2025 : OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, in a post on X https://x.com/sama/status/1876104315296968813 , says the AI company is currently losing money on its ChatGPT Pro subscription. “People are using https://www.computerworld.com/article/3633094/openai-is-losing-money-on-its-pricey-chatgpt-pro-subscription.html it much more than we expected,” he wrote. January 2, 2025: Microsoft Azure’s new AI toolkit makes it easy to customize OpenAI large language models https://www.infoworld.com/article/3630565/fine-tuning-azure-openai-models-in-azure-ai-foundry.html for your applications. January 2, 2025: OpenAI has failed to release the tool to opt-out or customize data collection the company promised to make available by 2025, according to Techcrunch https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/01/openai-failed-to-deliver-the-opt-out-tool-it-promised-by-2025/ .