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Mixpanel security incident: what OpenAI users need to know
OpenAI shares details about a Mixpanel security incident involving limited API analytics data. No API content, credentials, or payment details were exposed. Learn what happened and how we’re protecting users.
Expanding data residency access to business customers worldwide
OpenAI expands data residency for ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Edu, and the API Platform, enabling eligible customers to store data at rest in-region.
AlphaFold: Five years of impact
Explore how AlphaFold has accelerated science and fueled a global wave of biological discovery.
Revealing a key protein behind heart disease
AlphaFold has revealed the structure of a key protein behind heart disease
Inside JetBrains—the company reshaping how the world writes code
JetBrains is integrating GPT-5 across its coding tools, helping millions of developers design, reason, and build software faster.
Diffusers welcomes FLUX-2
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Continuous batching from first principles
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Building Deep Research: How we Achieved State of the Art
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OVHcloud on Hugging Face Inference Providers 🔥
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Google DeepMind supports U.S. Department of Energy on Genesis: a national mission to accelerate innovation and scientific discovery
Google DeepMind and the DOE partner on Genesis, a new effort to accelerate science with AI.
Introducing shopping research in ChatGPT
Shopping research in ChatGPT helps you explore, compare, and discover products with personalized buyer’s guides that simplify decision-making
GPT-5 and the future of mathematical discovery
UCLA Professor Ernest Ryu and GPT-5 solved a key question in optimization theory, showcasing AI’s role in accelerating mathematical discovery.
20x Faster TRL Fine-tuning with RapidFire AI
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Open ASR Leaderboard: Trends and Insights with New Multilingual & Long-Form Tracks
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How we’re bringing AI image verification to the Gemini app
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Build with Nano Banana Pro, our Gemini 3 Pro Image model
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Introducing Nano Banana Pro
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OpenAI and Foxconn collaborate to strengthen U.S. manufacturing across the AI supply chain
OpenAI and Foxconn are collaborating to design and manufacture next-generation AI infrastructure hardware in the U.S. The partnership will develop multiple generations of data-center systems, strengthen U.S. supply chains, and build key components domestically to accelerate advanced AI infrastructur...
Helping 1,000 small businesses build with AI
OpenAI is partnering with DoorDash, SCORE, and local organizations to help 1,000 small businesses build with AI. The Small Business AI Jam gives Main Street business owners hands-on tools and training to compete and grow.
Early experiments in accelerating science with GPT-5
OpenAI introduces the first research cases showing how GPT-5 accelerates scientific progress across math, physics, biology, and computer science. Explore how AI and researchers collaborate to generate proofs, uncover new insights, and reshape the pace of discovery.
Introducing AnyLanguageModel: One API for Local and Remote LLMs on Apple Platforms
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Strengthening our safety ecosystem with external testing
OpenAI works with independent experts to evaluate frontier AI systems. Third-party testing strengthens safety, validates safeguards, and increases transparency in how we assess model capabilities and risks.
How evals drive the next chapter in AI for businesses
Learn how evals help businesses define, measure, and improve AI performance—reducing risk, boosting productivity, and driving strategic advantage.
OpenAI and Target team up on new AI-powered experiences
OpenAI and Target are partnering to bring a new Target app to ChatGPT, offering personalized shopping and faster checkout. Target will also expand its use of ChatGPT Enterprise to boost productivity and guest experiences.
Apriel-H1: The Surprising Key to Distilling Efficient Reasoning Models
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