OpenAI News

• OpenAI and SoftBank Group partner with SB Energy 2026-01-09
  OpenAI and SoftBank Group partner with SB Energy to develop multi-gigawatt AI data center campuses, including a 1.2 GW Texas facility supporting the Stargate initiative.
• Datadog uses Codex for system-level code review 2026-01-09
  OpenAI and Datadog brand graphic with the OpenAI wordmark on the left, the Datadog logo on the right, and a central abstract brown fur-like texture panel on a white background.
• Netomi’s lessons for scaling agentic systems into the enterprise 2026-01-08
  How Netomi scales enterprise AI agents using GPT-4.1 and GPT-5.2—combining concurrency, governance, and multi-step reasoning for reliable production workflows.
• OpenAI for Healthcare 2026-01-08
  OpenAI for Healthcare enables secure, enterprise-grade AI that supports HIPAA compliance—reducing administrative burden and supporting clinical workflows.
• How Tolan builds voice-first AI with GPT-5.1 2026-01-07
  Tolan built a voice-first AI companion with GPT-5.1, combining low-latency responses, real-time context reconstruction, and memory-driven personalities for natural conversations.
• Introducing ChatGPT Health 2026-01-07
  ChatGPT Health is a dedicated experience that securely connects your health data and apps, with privacy protections and a physician-informed design.
• Announcing OpenAI Grove Cohort 2 2026-01-02
  Applications are now open for OpenAI Grove Cohort 2, a 5-week founder program designed for individuals at any stage, from pre-idea to product. Participants receive $50K in API credits, early access to AI tools, and hands-on mentorship from the OpenAI team.
• One in a million: celebrating the customers shaping AI’s future 2025-12-22
  More than one million customers around the world now use OpenAI to empower their teams and unlock new opportunities. This post highlights how companies like PayPal, Virgin Atlantic, BBVA, Cisco, Moderna, and Canva are transforming the way work gets done with AI.
• Continuously hardening ChatGPT Atlas against prompt injection 2025-12-22
  OpenAI is strengthening ChatGPT Atlas against prompt injection attacks using automated red teaming trained with reinforcement learning. This proactive discover-and-patch loop helps identify novel exploits early and harden the browser agent’s defenses as AI becomes more agentic.
• Evaluating chain-of-thought monitorability 2025-12-18
  OpenAI introduces a new framework and evaluation suite for chain-of-thought monitorability, covering 13 evaluations across 24 environments. Our findings show that monitoring a model’s internal reasoning is far more effective than monitoring outputs alone, offering a promising path toward scalable control as AI systems grow more capable.
• Deepening our collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy 2025-12-18
  OpenAI and the U.S. Department of Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding to deepen collaboration on AI and advanced computing in support of scientific discovery. The agreement builds on ongoing work with national laboratories and helps establish a framework for applying AI to high-impact research across the DOE ecosystem.
• AI literacy resources for teens and parents 2025-12-18
  OpenAI shares new AI literacy resources to help teens and parents use ChatGPT thoughtfully, safely, and with confidence. The guides include expert-vetted tips for responsible use, critical thinking, healthy boundaries, and supporting teens through emotional or sensitive topics.
• Updating our Model Spec with teen protections 2025-12-18
  OpenAI is updating its Model Spec with new Under-18 Principles that define how ChatGPT should support teens with safe, age-appropriate guidance grounded in developmental science. The update strengthens guardrails, clarifies expected model behavior in higher-risk situations, and builds on our broader work to improve teen safety across ChatGPT.
• Introducing GPT-5.2-Codex 2025-12-18
  GPT-5.2-Codex is OpenAI’s most advanced coding model, offering long-horizon reasoning, large-scale code transformations, and enhanced cybersecurity capabilities.
• Introducing GPT-5.2-Codex 2025-12-18
  GPT-5.2-Codex is OpenAI’s most advanced coding model, offering long-horizon reasoning, large-scale code transformations, and enhanced cybersecurity capabilities.
• Addendum to GPT-5.2 System Card: GPT-5.2-Codex 2025-12-18
  This system card outlines the comprehensive safety measures implemented for GPT‑5.2-Codex. It details both model-level mitigations, such as specialized safety training for harmful tasks and prompt injections, and product-level mitigations like agent sandboxing and configurable network access.
• Introducing OpenAI Academy for News Organizations 2025-12-17
  OpenAI is launching the OpenAI Academy for News Organizations, a new learning hub built with the American Journalism Project and The Lenfest Institute to help newsrooms use AI effectively. The Academy offers training, practical use cases, and responsible-use guidance to support journalists, editors, and publishers as they adopt AI in their reporting and operations.
• Developers can now submit apps to ChatGPT 2025-12-17
  Developers can now submit apps for review and publication in ChatGPT, with approved apps appearing in a new in-product directory for easy discovery. Updated tools, guidelines, and the Apps SDK help developers build powerful chat-native experiences that bring real-world actions into ChatGPT.
• Evaluating AI’s ability to perform scientific research tasks 2025-12-16
  OpenAI introduces FrontierScience, a benchmark testing AI reasoning in physics, chemistry, and biology to measure progress toward real scientific research.
• Measuring AI’s capability to accelerate biological research 2025-12-16
  OpenAI introduces a real-world evaluation framework to measure how AI can accelerate biological research in the wet lab. Using GPT-5 to optimize a molecular cloning protocol, the work explores both the promise and risks of AI-assisted experimentation.