GPT-5.6 is now the preferred model in Microsoft 365 Copilot, integrated across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Chat, and Cowork. The update brings OpenAI's latest flagship model to productivity tools, delivering stronger performance per dollar and more efficient token usage for drafting, analysis, presentation creation, and cross-functional collaboration.
GPT-5.6 delivers improved performance per token and reduced cost per unit of computation, alongside expanded capabilities. The release emphasizes scalability and efficiency for complex workloads.
ChatGPT Work is a new agent that can gather information across apps and workflows to create finished materials like sheets, slides, docs, and web apps, and stay with complex projects for hours by breaking them into smaller steps. Powered by GPT-5.6, the latest frontier model, it can execute entire workflows with a single request, including scheduled tasks that run independently when you're away. Available now on web and mobile for Pro, Enterprise, and Edu plans, with rollout to Plus and Business plans over the next few days; also available in the ChatGPT desktop app on all plans globally.
GPT-Live is a new generation of voice models built on full-duplex architecture that can listen and speak simultaneously, enabling more natural conversation with backchannels like "mhmm", interruption handling, and silence management. It delegates complex tasks like web search and reasoning to GPT-5.5 in the background while maintaining conversational flow. GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini are rolling out to ChatGPT users today, with API access coming soon.
OpenAI begins limited preview of GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna models. Introduces a new max reasoning effort and an ultra mode using subagents for complex work. The launch is paired with the most robust safety stack to date, including trained refusals, real-time misuse classifiers, and account-level review. Broader availability expected in the coming weeks.
ChatGPT Enterprise admins can now view credit usage trends across users, products, and models in the Global Admin Console, and set default, group-specific, or individual spend limits. Users can see their credit usage and request limit increases with context.
GPT-5.5 Instant now performs at a level comparable to frontier Thinking models on health evaluations, available to all free ChatGPT users. Production factuality issues flagged in health responses have fallen by 71% in the last two months, and physician-rated responses now surpass both older models and human-written responses across accuracy, communication, and completeness criteria.
OpenAI has launched the OpenAI Partner Network, a new program to help partners build, sell, and deliver AI solutions with OpenAI. The network aims to accelerate AI adoption and create measurable impact for organizations by leveraging partners' industry expertise and global capacity. OpenAI is investing $150 million to support this ecosystem.
GPT-Rosalind now combines GPT-5.5's agentic coding and tool-use capabilities with stronger performance in drug-discovery domains including medicinal chemistry and genomics. OpenAI introduces LifeSciBench, an expert-judged benchmark for measuring real-world life sciences research impact across six workflow areas: evidence handling, analysis, design and optimization, scientific reasoning, validation and operations, and translation and communication.
Codex now includes six role-specific plugins for data analytics, creative production, sales, product design, public equity investing, and investment banking, bundling 62 popular apps and 110 skills. Starting in preview for Business and Enterprise customers, Codex can create and share interactive websites and apps via URL, and annotations now extend to documents, spreadsheets, and slides for in-place refinement.
OpenAI frontier models and Codex are now generally available on Amazon Bedrock, allowing AWS customers to access OpenAI capabilities through familiar AWS security, governance, and procurement workflows. Future availability planned for Daybreak, OpenAI's cyber defense models and Codex Security.
ChatGPT Pro users in the U.S. can now securely connect financial accounts to receive AI-powered insights and guidance grounded in their financial context, goals, and priorities.
Codex is now available through the ChatGPT mobile app, allowing users to monitor, steer, and approve coding tasks in real time across devices and remote environments.
New realtime voice models are now available in the OpenAI API, capable of reasoning, translating, and transcribing speech for more natural voice interactions.
GPT-5.5 Instant is now ChatGPT's default model, featuring smarter and more accurate answers with reduced hallucinations and improved personalization controls.
OpenAI introduced a beta self-serve Ads Manager for ChatGPT with cost-per-click bidding and enhanced measurement tools designed to protect user privacy and keep ads separate from conversations.
An advanced set of protections against unauthorized access to ChatGPT accounts, Codex, and the sensitive information they can contain.
OpenAI GPT models, Codex, and Managed Agents are now available on AWS, enabling enterprises to build secure AI in their AWS environments.
Introducing GPT-5.5, our smartest model yet—faster, more capable, and built for complex tasks like coding, research, and data analysis across tools.
OpenAI makes ChatGPT for Clinicians free for verified U.S. physicians, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists, supporting clinical care, documentation, and research.
