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Building OpenAI with OpenAI
At OpenAI, we rely on our own technology to help streamline work, scale expertise, and drive outcomes. In our new series, OpenAI on OpenAI, we share lessons to help other organizations do the same.
Turning contracts into searchable data at OpenAI
OpenAI built a system to extract contract data quickly, cutting turnaround times and making it easier for teams to access the details they need.
Improving support with every interaction at OpenAI
Learn how OpenAI uses AI to enhance support, cutting response times, improving quality, and scaling to meet hypergrowth.
Introducing parental controls
We’re rolling out parental controls and a new parent resource page to help families guide how ChatGPT works in their homes.
Combating online child sexual exploitation & abuse
Discover how OpenAI combats online child sexual exploitation and abuse with strict usage policies, advanced detection tools, and industry collaboration to block, report, and prevent AI misuse.
Buy it in ChatGPT: Instant Checkout and the Agentic Commerce Protocol
We’re taking first steps toward agentic commerce in ChatGPT with new ways for people, AI agents, and businesses to shop together.
Accelerating Qwen3-8B Agent on Intel® Core™ Ultra with Depth-Pruned Draft Models
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VibeGame: Exploring Vibe Coding Games
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Nemotron-Personas-Japan: ソブリン AI のための合成データセット
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Partnering with AARP to help keep older adults safe online
OpenAI and AARP are partnering to help older adults stay safe online with new AI training, scam-spotting tools, and nationwide programs through OpenAI Academy and OATS’s Senior Planet initiative.
Swift Transformers Reaches 1.0 – and Looks to the Future
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More ways to work with your team and tools in ChatGPT
New shared projects, smarter connectors, and compliance and security updates help teams get more done.
Measuring the performance of our models on real-world tasks
OpenAI introduces GDPval, a new evaluation that measures model performance on real-world economically valuable tasks across 44 occupations.
Introducing ChatGPT Pulse
Today we’re releasing a preview of ChatGPT Pulse to Pro users on mobile. Pulse is a new experience where ChatGPT proactively does research to deliver personalized updates based on your chats, feedback, and connected apps like your calendar.
ENEOS Materials brings ChatGPT Enterprise to manufacturing
ENEOS Materials uses ChatGPT Enterprise to speed research, improve plant design safety, and cut HR analysis time by 90%, with 80% reporting better workflows.
SAP and OpenAI partner to launch sovereign ‘OpenAI for Germany’
SAP and OpenAI launch OpenAI for Germany, a 2026 partnership to bring secure, sovereign AI to Germany’s public sector, enabling safe, efficient public services.
OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank expand Stargate with five new AI datacenter sites
OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank announce five new Stargate AI datacenter sites, accelerating a $500B, 10-gigawatt U.S. infrastructure buildout to power next-generation AI and create tens of thousands of jobs.
Smol2Operator: Post-Training GUI Agents for Computer Use
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CNA is transforming its newsroom with AI
In this Executive Function series from OpenAI, discover how CNA is transforming its newsroom with AI. Editor-in-Chief Walter Fernandez shares insights on AI adoption, culture, and the future of journalism.
SchoolAI builds an AI platform that empowers teachers
SchoolAI uses GPT-4.1, image generation, and TTS to power safe, teacher-guided AI tools for over 1 million classrooms, improving engagement, oversight, and personalized learning.
OpenAI and NVIDIA announce strategic partnership to deploy 10 gigawatts of NVIDIA systems
OpenAI and NVIDIA announce a strategic partnership to deploy 10 gigawatts of AI datacenters powered by NVIDIA systems, with the first phase launching in 2026.
SyGra: The One-Stop Framework for Building Data for LLMs and SLMs
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Gaia2 and ARE: Empowering the community to study agents
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Scaleway on Hugging Face Inference Providers 🔥
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Democratizing AI Safety with RiskRubric.ai
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