ChatGPT's macOS app can now read and send your iMessages
OpenAI's new Apple Messages plugin lets ChatGPT's macOS app read, draft, send, and delete iMessages, with a send-confirmation toggle users can turn off per conversation.
ChatGPT News and Analysis
41 verified stories covering ChatGPT, product updates and industry developments.
OpenAI splits off a study and safety mode for teens
ChatGPT for Teens routes 13-to-17-year-olds into a separate experience with study prompts and safety defaults on, but its success hinges on age detection and parents actually using the controls.
ChatGPT Connects to US Medical Records
OpenAI is rolling Health in ChatGPT out to signed-in US adults, linking medical records, Apple Health data and health chats inside the main ChatGPT experience.
Codex folds into the new ChatGPT desktop
Codex folds into the new ChatGPT desktop is reframed for global technology readers, with the key numbers, product claims and open questions kept intact.
ChatGPT Voice moves to GPT-Live
ChatGPT Voice moves to GPT-Live is reframed for global technology readers, with the key numbers, product claims and open questions kept intact.
Meta contractors tested rival chatbots as minors
WIRED reported that Meta contractors posed as underage users to test ChatGPT, Gemini and Character.AI with crisis prompts about self-harm, eating disorders and drugs.
Getty licenses its image library to ChatGPT
Getty licenses its image library to ChatGPT
Samsung rolls out ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex
After banning generative AI in 2023, Samsung is giving Korean employees and global DX teams access to ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex with training and permission controls.
ChatGPT share falls below 50% for the first time
Sensor Tower estimates ChatGPT still leads with 1.1 billion monthly active users, but Gemini, Claude and other assistants have pushed its market share to 46.4%.
Forty-two state attorneys general subpoena OpenAI
A coalition led by New York is probing OpenAI's advertising, retention design, data practices, youth protections and ChatGPT sycophancy as the company heads toward IPO.
OpenAI bans two China-linked influence clusters
OpenAI bans two China-linked influence clusters.
OpenAI confidentially files draft S-1 for an IPO option
OpenAI says it has confidentially submitted a draft S-1 to the SEC, giving the company optionality for public markets while it continues to balance massive revenue growth with heavy compute costs.
ChatGPT gets a dreaming memory layer
OpenAI’s Dreaming feature synthesizes past conversations in the background, updates memory summaries over time and exposes sources so users can edit or delete them.
ChatGPT Lockdown Mode cuts off data exits
The new security setting does not solve prompt injection, but disables browsing, agents, connectors and other outbound channels that attackers need to exfiltrate data.
OpenAI wants ChatGPT to become a super app
A reported relaunch would pull ChatGPT, Codex and the Atlas browser closer together as OpenAI shifts the product from answers toward agents and enterprise work.
ChatGPT’s web share falls as Gemini surges
Similarweb data compiled by Momentic shows ChatGPT still leads AI chatbot web visits, but Gemini has grown from 5.6% to 27.4% in a year.
ChatGPT Adds Job Search and Resume Editing
OpenAI is putting job listings and resume tools inside ChatGPT, starting with US job search and a global English resume editor.
Claude Is Growing Ten Times Faster as ChatGPT Reaches One Billion Users
Sensor Tower data puts ChatGPT at a record one billion monthly active users, but Claude’s 640% growth is the sharper IPO-season signal.
One in Five US Lawsuits Now Written by AI
A study reveals that AI-generated legal filings have surged to 18% of all pro se cases, overwhelming federal courts.
OpenAI unifies ChatGPT and Codex under Brockman
OpenAI consolidates its product lines into a single agent platform led by Greg Brockman, ending side projects ahead of a potential IPO.
ChatGPT connects to 12,000 US financial institutions through Plaid
OpenAI is letting US Pro users link bank, brokerage and card accounts so ChatGPT can answer personal finance questions from live data.
OpenAI considers legal pressure over Apple’s Siri deal
Reports say OpenAI is weighing a breach notice after the ChatGPT integration inside iOS failed to drive the subscription upside it expected.
OpenAI weighs action against Apple over Siri subscription revenue
Bloomberg and others report that OpenAI hired outside counsel after the iPhone ChatGPT partnership produced far less subscription revenue than expected.
Codex comes to the ChatGPT mobile app
OpenAI added Codex controls to ChatGPT on iPhone, iPad and Android, letting users monitor and approve coding tasks away from the desktop.
OpenAI Adds Trusted Contact to Bring People Into Crisis Decisions
ChatGPT can now alert a user-nominated trusted contact after automated risk detection and human review identify a possible self-harm crisis.
ChatGPT Ads Opens With CPC Bidding
OpenAI has opened ChatGPT Ads Manager to all U.S. businesses, lowering entry costs and adding click-based bidding as it tests whether conversational intent can become a large ad business.
ChatGPT Comes to Excel and Google Sheets
OpenAI has made ChatGPT for Excel and Google Sheets generally available, pairing spreadsheet assistance with financial data integrations from major market-data providers.
ChatGPT Ads Reach $109 Million a Month
OpenAI is taking ChatGPT ads into five more markets as it opens self-serve buying in the U.S. and tries to turn early revenue into a $2.5 billion annual business.
Claude speeds up its app to chase ChatGPT users
Anthropic is pushing Claude harder into consumer AI with faster mobile replies, App Store momentum and a pitch as an ad-free ChatGPT alternative.
ChatGPT Moves to GPT-5.5 Instant by Default
OpenAI has quietly made GPT-5.5 Instant the default ChatGPT model, pointing to lower hallucination rates, shorter answers and broader memory-source visibility.
Harvard FAS Drops Central Funding for ChatGPT Edu
Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences will stop centrally funding ChatGPT Edu after undergraduate use fell short, while offering Claude access by course request.
OpenAI Bets on $8 ChatGPT Go as Plus Shrinks
Internal projections suggest OpenAI expects cheaper ChatGPT Go subscriptions and ads to drive scale while Plus users decline sharply.
Federal Court Rules AI Chat Logs Not Protected by Attorney-Client Privilege
A New York federal judge ruled that conversations with AI chatbots like Claude and ChatGPT are not protected by attorney-client privilege or work-product doctrine, while a Michigan court reached the opposite conclusion on the same day. Over a dozen top U.S. law firms have since warned clients that AI chats could be subpoenaed as evidence.
OpenAI Knew About Shooter's Account but Didn't Alert Police, 8 Killed
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman apologized to the Tumbler Ridge community for failing to report a banned ChatGPT account to law enforcement. The account belonged to the perpetrator of a February 2026 school shooting that left eight dead.
OpenAI Makes ChatGPT Free for Clinicians
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Clinicians, a free version for verified U.S. doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and pharmacists, built on GPT-5.4 with clinical search, workflow skills, and privacy protections.
OpenAI turns ChatGPT into a team automation platform, replacing custom GPTs
OpenAI has launched workspace agents, a new feature that replaces custom GPTs and turns ChatGPT from a chatbot into an autonomous team automation platform powered by the Codex model.
ChatGPT Images 2.0 arrives as DALL-E 3 bows out
ChatGPT Images 2.0 arrives as DALL-E 3 bows out. The story explains the announcement, the strategic context and the practical risks for the people or companies affected.
ChatGPT Down for 3 Hours, Cause Still Unknown
A major global outage on April 20 took ChatGPT offline for roughly three hours, affecting Codex, the API, and Projects. OpenAI provided minimal information and no root cause analysis, raising concerns about AI infrastructure reliability for businesses.
OpenAI Acquires Personal Finance AI Hiro
OpenAI has acquired Hiro Finance, a personal AI finance startup founded by Digit creator Ethan Bloch, to bolster ChatGPT's financial capabilities and advance its super-app strategy.
OpenAI Releases Child Safety Blueprint
OpenAI published a Child Safety Blueprint on April 8, proposing a framework for the AI industry to address child sexual exploitation content, backed by data showing over 8,000 AI-generated CSAM cases in the first half of 2025.
OpenAI Retires GPT-4o, Some Users Are Upset
OpenAI removed GPT-4o from ChatGPT on February 13, 2026, as only 0.1% of daily active users still manually selected it. The decision sparked backlash from a small but vocal group of users who had formed an emotional attachment to the model's distinctive conversational style.