OpenAI

It's official: ChatGPT is now a distribution platform. OpenAI announced the Apps SDK at DevDay in October, and this week opened general submissions through its Developer Platform. If you want to see it in action, early partners (like Booking.com, Canva, Coursera, Expedia, Figma, Spotify, and Zillow) are already live. Continue Reading →

Earlier this month, OpenAI declared "code red" after Google's Gemini 3 and Nano Banana Pro topped the LMArena leaderboards. Last week, OpenAI answered with GPT 5.2. Yesterday, OpenAI introduced a new image creation experience inside ChatGPT alongside a dedicated image model called GPT Image 1.5. The update packages image generation as a core capability of the platform and signals OpenAI’s intent to provide production-grade visual workflows. Continue Reading →

OpenAI announced GPT-5.2 yesterday. The release appears focused on operational improvements rather than introducing a new class of capabilities. GPT-5.2 emphasizes reliability, consistency, and control, with changes aimed at improving how the model behaves in real workflows. Continue Reading →

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Block quietly did something important yesterday: they donated core pieces of their agent technology into a new neutral nonprofit called the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), established under the Linux Foundation. Continue Reading →

Instacart is the first retailer to offer a full grocery checkout experience inside ChatGPT using OpenAI’s Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP). Continue Reading →

OpenAI launched "shopping research" in ChatGPT yesterday, a feature that generates personalized buyer's guides by synthesizing product information from across the web. The timing (Black Friday week) is deliberate; OpenAI is betting it can become the starting point for purchase decisions. Continue Reading →

OpenAI released ChatGPT for Teachers yesterday: a set of classroom-focused tools that help with lesson planning, assignment creation, feedback, and differentiated instruction. Teachers now have a clear entry point for using AI without building workflows from scratch. Continue Reading →

OpenAI just launched GPT-5.1, which fixes the things that broke your workflows. There are two new modes: Instant is faster and better at simple tasks, while Thinking uses adaptive compute allocation to improve reasoning and reduce the wobble that emerged in GPT-5’s first months. This release is a stability upgrade for teams that use GPT-5 in production. Continue Reading →

OpenAI’s new AI-powered browser, Atlas, is changing the way we shop, search, and interact online. Tech expert Shelly Palmer joins Fox 5 New York to explain how agentic browsers—tools that can act on your behalf—are transforming e-commerce and the future of the web. Instead of just searching for information, Atlas can find the best deals, locate nearby stores, and even fill your online cart. But should we trust AI with our wallets? Shelly breaks down how AI-driven shopping agents work, what this means for Google’s dominance, and how “agentic systems” could redefine our digital lives. Continue Reading →

Sam Altman announced Thursday that OpenAI expects to top $20 billion in annualized revenue this year, with plans to reach hundreds of billions by 2030. The company has committed to $1.4 trillion in infrastructure spending over the next eight years. That's a staggering sum, and it immediately raised the obvious question: how exactly are they planning to pay for all this? Continue Reading →