OpenAI

Aug 9, 2026

OpenAI pauses Astra work after Critical cyber-capability signal

OpenAI says it cannot rule out Critical cybersecurity capability for Astra and is pausing internal work that does not meet stricter controls.

Aug 7, 2026

OpenAI cyber-eval incidents make sandbox boundaries the story

OpenAI disclosed third-party cyber-evaluation incidents involving internet access, reduced safeguards, and unclear boundaries around external services.

Aug 7, 2026

OpenAI makes GPT-5.6 Luna the default for free ChatGPT users

OpenAI is updating GPT-5.6 Sol for paid ChatGPT users while moving Free and Go users to GPT-5.6 Luna with unlimited text chats and a Think button.

Aug 6, 2026

OpenAI and APA partner on youth mental health and AI

OpenAI and the American Psychological Association announced a three-year partnership to develop guidance, resources, and safeguards for responsible AI use supporting youth mental health.

Aug 4, 2026

OpenAI adds education plugins to ChatGPT Work and Codex

OpenAI launched education plugins for ChatGPT Work and Codex aimed at K-12 teachers, college educators, and students.

Aug 2, 2026

OpenAI turns responsible AI work into governance artifacts

OpenAI's responsible AI update is best read as an evidence map for safety work, system cards, provenance, transparency, and EU AI Act-facing compliance.

Aug 1, 2026

OpenAI publishes ten AI-generated math and theoretical CS advances

OpenAI published ten AI-generated results in mathematics and theoretical computer science with Lean 4 formalizations in a public repository.

Aug 1, 2026

OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 Luna and Terra prices

OpenAI cut GPT-5.6 Luna pricing by 80%, Terra pricing by 20%, and added a faster Sol API mode for latency-sensitive work.

Jul 30, 2026

Disney drops GitHub Copilot in U.S. coding-tool shake-up

Business Insider reports that Disney will drop GitHub Copilot and several other U.S. coding tools while preparing to adopt OpenAI Codex.

Jul 30, 2026

OpenAI says Hugging Face incident touched four other services

OpenAI updated its Hugging Face incident page with four additional service accounts, an Artifactory zero-day path, and outside reviews.

Jul 30, 2026

OpenAI gives 100,000 academic researchers free ChatGPT access

OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Academic Researchers, starting with 10,000 researchers this summer and expanding to 100,000 through 2027.

Jul 29, 2026

OpenAI says coding agents help scientific software when validation is strong

OpenAI published a field report on eight agent-assisted scientific-computing projects, showing gains in maintenance and rewrites while keeping validation as the boundary.