Tapkit just launched a Mac app that gives AI agents like Claude and Codex eyes and hands on a physical iPhone. It interacts using screenshots, taps, and typing without requiring jailbreaks or mobile installs. Agents connect via MCP or REST APIs, and you can intervene whenever needed.
Open-source tool Magpie just turned the messy world of coding agent configs into a clean menu bar app. It sets up a local gateway that lets you plug models like DeepSeek and Kimi into Claude Code or Codex, automatically fails over when you hit rate limits, and even scrubs API keys and passwords before prompts leave your machine.
OpenAI just released GPT-6.1 Sol, an upgraded model delivering near-Astra performance on agentic coding and multi-step workflows at one-fifth the API cost. Standard pricing sits at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, with cached input cut to $0.10. It is available now in ChatGPT Work and Codex, with an Ultrafast version coming soon.
OpenAI just expanded its Academy platform with hands-on learning tracks tailored for developers, leaders, educators, and college students. Learners tackle real-world tasks and agent workflows, earning course badges after passing assessments. Organizations can plug the tracks straight into onboarding and training programs.
OpenAI just launched the public beta of its Agents API, giving developers access to the exact same harness and infrastructure powering Codex. You can spin up production-ready agents via a single API call with automatic context compaction, parallel subagents, and managed sandboxes at no added fee beyond standard token costs.
NYU mathematician Tristan Buckmaster just accused OpenAI of copying his approach to the $1M Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem and using its massive compute to beat him to the punch. OpenAI published its own proof shortly after and denied the claims, stating an unreleased next-gen model found the solution independently. Why it matters: The clash puts a harsh spotlight on AI research ethics and whether frontier labs are playing fair with independent researchers.
OpenAI just revealed that its coding agents generate 3.1 agent-workdays for every human workday inside its lab, with the median researcher running through over $600 in daily inference. The company says it hit its target of creating an "automated research intern" and aims for a full AI researcher by March 2028. Why it matters: AI is genuinely speeding up its own development, though recent safety halts prove human control is still catching up.
OpenAI just launched GPT-6 Astra, a new frontier model engineered for complex computer use, research, and coding. It crushed benchmarks with a 99.9% score on ARC-AGI-3 and completed OSWorld tasks 47% faster than GPT-5.6 Sol while dropping out-of-scope misbehavior to zero. Astra is rolling out now to paid ChatGPT tiers, the API, Azure, and AWS Bedrock.
ChatGPT and Codex just rolled out support for connecting multiple Gmail and Google Calendar accounts, tackling a long-requested headache. Users can now hook up second or third accounts directly via the settings gear next to connected Google services. Why it matters: You can finally query your work and personal schedules simultaneously without constant account switching.
OpenAI just launched commercial operations in Brazil, basing a dedicated team in São Paulo to work directly with businesses, developers, and public institutions. Brazil ranks as one of ChatGPT's three biggest markets worldwide, with users sending roughly 215 million messages daily and developer adoption trailing only the U.S. Why it matters: Enterprise traction is compounding fast in Latin America, with ChatGPT Enterprise seats up fivefold year over year.
ChatGPT Work and Codex just rolled out a handy new $visualize command. By typing $visualize alongside any text or data, the interface turns your prompt into a visual diagram. It is an effortless upgrade for visual thinkers tired of staring at walls of text.
OpenAI just launched an Admin plugin for ChatGPT Work and Codex, letting workspace admins manage permissions, member access, and spending limits directly inside a conversation. It turns natural prompts into authorized console actions and routes approvals to Slack or Teams—where OpenAI says its own IT desk already resolves roughly 45% of tickets automatically.
OpenAI just struck a massive deal with SB Energy, NVIDIA, and the U.S. Department of Energy to secure roughly 8 gigawatts of capacity in Ohio. The project is expected to create 35,000 construction jobs through 2032, with NVIDIA pouring $1.5B into SB Energy. It locks down the sheer electrical muscle needed for next-gen frontier AI training.
OpenAI Codex now lets users manually unlock a 1-million-token context window when using GPT-5.6 Sol. By tweaking three lines in the config file or passing CLI flags, developers can stop Codex from prematurely summarizing large codebases and tool outputs. Why it matters: massive projects stay intact in memory, though OpenAI warns its tighter defaults exist for cost and speed reasons.
OpenAI just rolled out Computer History for ChatGPT on macOS, turning app and web interactions like clicks and typing into searchable timelines and memories for ChatGPT and Codex. It is off by default, skips screenshots and audio, and helps Pro and enterprise users pick up right where they left off.
OpenAI just released two enterprise research papers showing the AI divide is widening fast. The top 10% of enterprise adopters now generate 8.3 times more output tokens per user than typical firms, with Codex driving 64% of total enterprise volume as agentic multi-step tasks surge in legal and sales.
OpenAI just launched a preview of the ChatGPT desktop app for Linux, supporting Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora on both x64 and ARM64 architectures. The app lets developers hook ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex directly into their local development workflows via .deb and .rpm packages. Why it matters: Developers finally get native, friction-free access to ChatGPT right alongside their terminal and local projects.
OpenAI just rolled out three education-focused plugins for ChatGPT Work and Codex, tailored for K–12 teachers, college educators, and university students. The plugins bundle role-specific skills, prebuilt workflows, and integrations with calendars and course materials, letting users tap into agentic AI without writing complex prompts. It is part of OpenAI's push to close the capability overhang across campuses through ChatGPT Edu deployments.
VEED just launched OpenEdit, an open-source pipeline that lets coding agents like Claude Code and Gemini edit video, add captions, and turn slides into motion graphics without a GUI timeline. It uses HTML/CSS for composition and renders locally up to 2.2x faster than headless Chrome. A newer Fabric update also generates assets on demand, though it currently requires an Apple Silicon Mac.
OpenAI just launched ChatGPT for Academic Researchers, offering free frontier model access—including GPT-5.6 Sol Pro—to 100,000 scientists and engineers through 2027. Each selected lead researcher can invite up to four teammates, complete with high usage caps and enterprise-grade privacy where prompts aren't used for training. Why it matters: Academic labs often get priced out of frontier compute, and this puts top-tier reasoning directly into university hands.
