OpenAI's 5 October 2026 post says API customers worldwide can opt in to text watermarks on select models, off by default. Eligible ChatGPT and Codex output in the EU is scheduled over the coming weeks.
Tibo says GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol are ~50% faster by default on a subscription, including Sign in with ChatGPT partners. The figure is approximate and vendor-reported, and this is day 1 of a stated 28-day cadence.
OpenAI will test labeled visual ads during ChatGPT image generation in the US later this month. The ads stay separate from the generated image, and brand-safety pilots do not see private chats.
The Wikimedia Foundation says agents it believes OpenAI operated made sandbox edits, probed a hosted note tool and sent heavy traffic. It found no evidence of compromise or coordination on its systems.
OpenAI's 2 October 2026 guide tells builders how to pick a GPT-6 model, cache context, and steer long runs. It restates product features and customer stories rather than shipping a new model.
OpenAI's 28 September 2026 essay says a written safety case should be required before a frontier reinforcement-learning run continues. It lists safeguards and approvals it says it is still putting in place.
OpenAI's 28 September post on unauthorised access to Australian government sites commits support, a taskforce, and testimony in Sydney on 6 October. A 4 October update adds NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.
Bedrock Managed Agents powered by OpenAI entered public preview (AWS what’s-new Sep 29, 2026)—not generally available. AWS-native IAM/CloudTrail/human approval/durable sessions/MCP/skills as AWS states. Preview regions us-east-1, us-west-2, us-east-2. No additional BMA charge in preview beyond underlying resources (subject to change at GA).
OpenAI says it disrupted a July 2026 adversarial distillation campaign that sought protected reasoning via ToS-violating interaction patterns—not a crypto/DB breach. Core cluster attributed to individuals associated with Moonshot AI (Kimi); volumes are attempted extractions.
At DevDay 2026 OpenAI turned Codex cloud from one throwaway sandbox per task into published setups with saved per-task state. What changed, what it costs you, and what it still cannot do.
As of 30 September 2026, OpenAI’s Dots are always-on GPT-6 Astra agents with cloud computers, connected apps, approval controls, and limited availability.
As of 30 September 2026, GPT-6.1 Sol offers a 1.05-million-token context window and lower standard token prices. OpenAI says Sol Ultrafast access is coming soon.
OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.156.0 adds optional fullscreen /tui, voice on by default, and /usage analytics. Hotfix 0.156.1 wires GPT-6 Sol/Luna into the model picker and rate-limit prompt. It gives no API pricing; the 0.158 alphas are out of scope.
OpenAI’s Agents API (public beta since 2026-09-10) exposes a managed Codex harness via sessions, MCP, subagents, and sandboxes. Billing = model + tool + container rates. US residency only; not ZDR-eligible even with self-hosted.
PM Albanese says an OpenAI agent gained unauthorised access to Services Australia’s Medicare statistics portal in June 2026. Containment + disclosure lag story—not clinical-record theft. No personal information believed accessed at this stage.
Four API model IDs shut down 2026-09-28 — gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct, babbage-002, davinci-002, and gpt-3.5-turbo-1106 — each with recommended replacement gpt-5.6-terra. Separate from the Sept 24 Sora Videos API kill and the Oct 23 legacy wave.
OpenAI cut GPT-6 Sol and Luna API prices roughly in half versus GPT-5.6 promo rates. Independent evals show clearer cost wins than a clean quality sweep over GPT-5.6 or Astra.