Releases

OpenAI launched a cloud software-engineering agent capable of working on multiple coding tasks in parallel.

OpenAI released its native multimodal image-generation model gpt-image-1 through the API.

OpenAI released Codex CLI, an open-source coding agent that runs in the terminal.

OpenAI released o4-mini, a smaller reasoning model optimized for fast, cost-efficient reasoning.

OpenAI released o3, a reasoning model with strong performance across coding, mathematics, science, and visual tasks.

OpenAI released GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano in the API with improved coding and instruction following.

OpenAI announced $40 billion in new funding led by SoftBank at a $300 billion post-money valuation.

OpenAI launched native image generation in GPT-4o for precise, context-aware image creation and editing.

OpenAI released the open-source Agents SDK for orchestrating single- and multi-agent workflows.

OpenAI launched the Responses API as a new foundation for building agentic applications with built-in tools.

OpenAI released GPT-4.5 as a research preview in ChatGPT and the API.

OpenAI launched deep research, an agentic ChatGPT capability for multi-step web research and synthesis.

OpenAI released o3-mini, a cost-efficient reasoning model optimized for science, mathematics, and coding.

OpenAI launched Operator, a browser-using agent capable of interacting with web interfaces.

OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, and MGX announced Stargate, a new company intended to invest $500 billion in US AI infrastructure over four years.

OpenAI launched the Sora video-generation product for ChatGPT Plus and Pro users, powered by Sora Turbo.

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Pro, a higher-tier subscription with expanded access to advanced models.

OpenAI released the full o1 reasoning model in ChatGPT and announced related API improvements.

OpenAI launched web search in ChatGPT with timely answers and source links.

OpenAI introduced Canvas, a collaborative interface for writing and coding projects in ChatGPT.

OpenAI closed a $6.6 billion funding round at a $157 billion post-money valuation.

OpenAI launched the Realtime API public beta for low-latency multimodal experiences.

OpenAI began expanding ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode with more natural real-time audio conversations.

OpenAI released its first o-series reasoning models, o1-preview and o1-mini.

OpenAI launched a limited prototype of SearchGPT with web answers and linked sources.

OpenAI released GPT-4o mini as a lower-cost small multimodal model.

OpenAI and Apple announced integration of ChatGPT into iOS, iPadOS, and macOS experiences.

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Edu for universities, with enterprise-grade controls and access to GPT-4o.

OpenAI released GPT-4o, an omni model designed for real-time reasoning across audio, vision, and text.

OpenAI introduced Sora, a text-to-video model, as a research preview for red teamers and selected creators.

OpenAI released text-embedding-3-small and text-embedding-3-large with improved performance and new dimension controls.

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Team, later renamed ChatGPT Business, for collaborative workplace use.

OpenAI launched the GPT Store for discovering and using custom GPTs.

OpenAI announced Sam Altman's return as CEO and an initial board chaired by Bret Taylor.

OpenAI's board announced that Sam Altman would depart as CEO and Mira Murati would serve as interim CEO.

OpenAI introduced user-configurable GPTs for creating tailored versions of ChatGPT.

OpenAI launched the Assistants API beta with Code Interpreter, Retrieval, and function calling.

OpenAI announced GPT-4 Turbo with a 128K context window, newer knowledge, and lower API pricing.

OpenAI made DALL-E 3 available to ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise users.

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Enterprise with enterprise security, privacy, administration, and higher-capacity access.

OpenAI introduced plugins connecting ChatGPT to third-party applications and fresh information.

OpenAI released GPT-4, a multimodal large model accepting image and text inputs and producing text outputs.

OpenAI made the Whisper speech-to-text model available through its API.

OpenAI released the Chat Completions API with gpt-3.5-turbo for developers.

OpenAI launched the $20-per-month ChatGPT Plus subscription in the United States.

OpenAI and Microsoft announced a multiyear, multibillion-dollar extension of their partnership, including Azure supercomputing investment and exclusive cloud-provider status.

OpenAI released text-embedding-ada-002, replacing multiple earlier embedding models with a more capable and lower-cost model.

OpenAI launched ChatGPT as a conversational research preview.

OpenAI removed the DALL-E beta waitlist and expanded access to new users.

OpenAI released Whisper, a multilingual speech-recognition model, together with model weights and inference code.