OpenAI launched GPT-Realtime-2, GPT-Realtime-Translate, and GPT-Realtime-Whisper — new voice API models covering live reasoning, real-time translation across 70+ languages, and streaming transcription. The Realtime API is now generally available for production use.
OpenAI has launched a personal finance dashboard for ChatGPT Pro users in the US, integrating with Plaid to connect bank accounts and provide spending analysis and financial insights.
OpenAI announced its EU Cyber Action Plan on May 11, granting vetted European security teams access to GPT-5.5-Cyber. UK AISI testing found GPT-5.5 scores 71.4% on expert cyber tasks, edging Mythos at 68.6%.
Republican lawmakers are investigating Sam Altman's personal business dealings for potential conflicts of interest as OpenAI moves toward an IPO. The scrutiny adds political risk to OpenAI's planned public offering.
OpenAI has added three new voice models with reasoning capabilities to the Realtime API, enabling developers to build low-latency voice applications powered by GPT-5-class intelligence.
OpenAI on May 11 spun up OpenAI Deployment Company with $4 billion in initial funding and 19 global partners. The majority-owned subsidiary embeds Forward Deployed Engineers inside enterprises to redesign workflows around frontier AI.
OpenAI unveiled Daybreak, a cybersecurity platform combining GPT-5.5 and Codex to autonomously detect, validate, and patch software vulnerabilities. The launch escalates competition with Anthropic in the enterprise security AI market.
Evidence of ChatGPT-generated content appearing in published textbooks has surfaced, drawing over 4,700 upvotes on r/singularity and sparking debate about AI's role in formal education materials.
OpenAI has launched the OpenAI Deployment Company (DeployCo), a majority-controlled subsidiary backed by $4B from 19 investors to help enterprises deploy frontier AI at scale.
OpenAI replaced GPT-5.3 Instant with GPT-5.5 Instant as ChatGPT's default model for all users including free tier on May 5. The model delivers smarter, more concise answers with improved personalization based on past chats, files, and Gmail integrations.
OpenAI doubled GPT-5.5 listed prices versus GPT-5.4, but OpenRouter analysis shows real user costs rose only 49-92% thanks to the model generating shorter completions.
OpenAI has launched GPT-Realtime-2 in its API, bringing GPT-5-class reasoning to real-time voice interactions. The release also includes GPT-Realtime-Translate for live multilingual speech translation and GPT-Realtime-Whisper for streaming transcription.