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Perplexity uses Astra to write communications, change software, and monitor production systems, and checks in much less frequently than with earlier models.
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Impact: minor · Status: monitoring investigating (2026-09-11T16:22:49Z): We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation. identified (2026-09-11T17:16:49Z): We have identified that users are exp…
GPT‑6 Astra improves Devin’s ability to test software and show that it works, with the goal of helping engineers review less code and ship more.
Learn how OpenAI evolved Habitat from a Python library into a globally distributed storage platform serving 1 billion ChatGPT users and 22M requests per second.
Impact: minor · Status: monitoring identified (2026-09-11T09:08:15Z): We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation. monitoring (2026-09-11T10:09:47Z): We have brought additional capacity onli…
Impact: minor · Status: monitoring identified (2026-09-11T07:53:08Z): We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation. monitoring (2026-09-11T08:37:26Z): We have applied the mitigation and are m…
Impact: none · Status: monitoring investigating (2026-09-10T19:53:27Z): We are investigating technical issues affecting our customer support systems. Customers may experience longer than usual response times. We are working to restore normal operations. investigating (2026-09-10T…
Impact: minor · Status: monitoring investigating (2026-09-10T19:49:49Z): We are investigating the issue for the listed services. investigating (2026-09-10T19:50:34Z): We are investigating elevated errors affecting some ChatGPT Work users. Some users may encounter server errors. W…
César de la Fuente’s lab uses Codex and ChatGPT to search living and extinct genomes for antimicrobial candidates to fight drug-resistant infections.
Meet the Data agent in ChatGPT Work. Connect company data, uncover insights, and build interactive dashboards with AI using natural language.
Introducing ChatGPT for Financial Services, combining built-in financial data and GPT-6 Astra for research, modeling, and client-ready materials.
OpenAI and GSA will offer eligible federal, state, local, and tribal governments $0 license fees, 50% off usage, and expanded cyber defense support.
Impact: minor · Status: monitoring investigating (2026-09-10T02:21:57Z): We are investigating the issue for the listed services. identified (2026-09-10T06:01:47Z): We are still implementing the mitigation. identified (2026-09-10T09:37:49Z): We are still implementing the mitigatio…
GPT‑Live‑1 brings natural, full-duplex voice conversations to the API, with stronger instruction following, custom voices, and telephony support.
Build and launch cloud agents with the Agents API, a managed service powered by the Codex harness for orchestration, long-running sessions, and tool use.
marketplaces. .source_type — Source kind for a configured plugin marketplace. Marketplaces can be defined in system, cloud-managed, user, or trusted-project config.toml.
marketplaces. .sparse_paths — Optional sparse checkout paths for a Git marketplace. Include the marketplace catalog and any local plugin directories it references.
plugins. .enabled — Enable or disable a local-marketplace plugin using a plugin-name@marketplace-name key. Read from the effective merged config; trusted-project settings can override user, cloud-managed, and system defaults. Marketplace refresh can install or refresh configured…
marketplaces. .ref — Optional Git branch, tag, or commit for the marketplace.
marketplaces. .source — Git repository location or local marketplace root directory. Use an absolute path for a local source; the directory contains .agents/plugins/marketplace.json.
Impact: none · Status: monitoring investigating (2026-09-09T17:29:55Z): Some Codex users may be experiencing unexpected usage limit resets. identified (2026-09-09T17:40:47Z): We've identified the issue and are working on a fix. monitoring (2026-09-09T17:45:25Z): We have applied t…
Paul Christiano joins the OpenAI Foundation Board and its Safety and Security Committee, bringing experience in AI alignment, safety, and standards.
Impact: minor · Status: monitoring investigating (2026-09-09T15:13:14Z): We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation. monitoring (2026-09-09T15:56:42Z): We have applied a mitigation and are…
Chris Lehane argues that stronger AI capabilities require stronger safety evidence, shared standards, and durable policy action while the policy window remains open.
Meet GPT-6 Astra, OpenAI’s most capable model for business, with advanced reasoning, computer use, and stronger writing and design judgment.
allowed_login_methods — Allow chatgpt, api, or both. If omitted, this setting doesn't restrict login methods. If set, the list must contain at least one method. api permits API authentication, including Amazon Bedrock. Set through the local system requirements file or macOS MDM.…
allowed_chatgpt_workspaces — Restrict ChatGPT login, including Codex access tokens, to the listed workspace IDs. An empty list disables ChatGPT login; API authentication remains available when permitted. Set through the local system requirements file or macOS MDM; cloud-managed v…
Model: gpt-image-2.5-sunburst Listed on the OpenAI API models page as of 2026-09-08.
Model: gpt-image-2.5-flare Listed on the OpenAI API models page as of 2026-09-08.
See how an MIT researcher uses GPT-5.6 Sol with Codex to autonomously run quantum computing experiments, analyze results, and calibrate qubits.
Impact: minor · Status: monitoring investigating (2026-09-08T14:39:27Z): Some file uploads are failing to process. Successful uploads may take longer than usual to become available. We’re investigating and will share another update as we learn more. investigating (2026-09-08T14:4…
Impact: minor · Status: monitoring investigating (2026-09-08T14:32:42Z): We’re investigating elevated errors affecting image generation in ChatGPT and the Images API. Some requests may fail. We’ll share another update as we learn more. investigating (2026-09-08T15:05:21Z): We’re…
Explore how more capable, affordable AI can expand the work people and businesses can accomplish—and make growth more economical.
ChatGPT Images 2.5 helps turn your ideas, sketches, and reference photos into more personalized, polished images that better reflect your ideas.
We’re sharing an AI-generated solution to the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem, including a writeup and a formal proof in Lean.
Apply now for OpenAI’s $5 million grant program supporting independent research on how generative AI affects teen development, well-being, and safety.
Engineers at 1Password use Codex to rapidly build new features and internal tools, reaching production-readiness while maintaining rigorous security policies.
OpenAI is expanding support for journalism with tools, training, and partnerships for students, educators, journalists, and news organizations.
OpenAI, AIRPPU and WAN-IFRA launch an AI program to help Ukrainian news organizations strengthen innovation, resilience, and independent journalism.
Jakub Pachocki reflects on increasingly capable AI and the challenge of keeping it aligned. He calls for stronger safeguards and international coordination.
Inside OpenAI, coding agents are reshaping AI research. Explore early data on agent usage, experiment velocity, task complexity, and research acceleration.
Impact: minor · Status: monitoring investigating (2026-09-04T07:00:26Z): We are investigating the issue for the listed services. monitoring (2026-09-04T09:47:58Z): We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
browser_use.allow_global_persistent_approval — Set to false to prevent Browser Use from creating or honoring Always allow approvals that cover every site, such as allowing downloads from any site. Existing saved approvals are ignored, not deleted. Setting it to true or omitting i…
browser_use.origins. .full_cdp_access — Use deny to block full Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP) access on matching origins. allow only lets normal opt-in and approval checks continue.
computer_use.allow_persistent_approval — Set to false to remove the option to save app approvals across sessions. Approvals for the current session remain available. Setting it to true or omitting it does not approve an app.
computer_use.windows.exes — Windows executable access rules. Each rule requires publisher_name, product_name, and access (allow or deny); binary_name is optional.
browser_use.origins. — Policy for origins matching this pattern. If several patterns match, Codex uses the most restrictive value for each capability: deny over allow, false over true, and turn over thread.
browser_use.default_origin_policy.auto_review — Use deny to skip automatic review on origins that use the fallback and ask the user for approval instead. allow leaves automatic review available when other settings allow it.
browser_use.origins. .auto_review — Use deny to skip automatic review on matching origins and ask the user for approval instead. allow leaves automatic review available when other settings allow it.
browser_use.default_origin_policy.access — Use deny to block Browser Use on origins that use the fallback. A denied origin also blocks uploads, downloads, full browser debugging access, and automatic review there. allow only lets normal approval and policy checks continue.