ChatGPT news

OpenAI said on Nov. 11 (Nov. 12 Japan time) through ChatGPT's official account on X that the personal finance feature "Finances" is now available in the ChatGPT desktop app. Users get it by updating the app, and it is available to Free, Go, Plus and Pro users in the U.S. The post did not say which operating systems are supported. As of the morning of Nov. 12 Japan time, OpenAI's help page still described Finances as available on web, iOS and Android in the U.S., with no mention of the desktop app.

OpenAI on Nov. 9 made it possible to connect multiple local computers to its always-on AI agent "dots." Users can choose which computer to use for each task. The company gave the example of having a dedicated machine build and test an app while the user keeps coding on a laptop. According to the official documentation, one thread uses one computer at a time, and separate tasks run in separate threads for each computer.

OpenAI on Nov. 10 (Nov. 11 Japan time) announced that usage allowances under its ChatGPT Business plan for organizations can now be used in outside tools such as Notion, Warp, Amp and Kilo Code. Users connect through "Sign in with ChatGPT," which lets them log in to outside services with a ChatGPT account, and can use AI features without obtaining a separate API key. The mechanism, launched in September for Plus and Pro users, has been extended to organizational subscriptions. Usage counts toward the existing plan's limits, and allowances do not increase. Administrators must approve each app and set the share of members' allowances that can be used outside ChatGPT. Devin is not supported.

OpenAI on Nov. 10 launched "Businesses in ChatGPT" in beta, which lets companies register and manage their information on ChatGPT and check aggregate user responses. In the "Business Hub" dashboard, companies can see the number of mentions and clicks to their own websites over the past 28 days. Eligible companies can also create a "Business Agent" that answers customer questions, but for now this is limited to U.S. online retail and online service companies with websites. Registering does not guarantee more visibility, and ORIENS could not confirm pricing in official materials.

OpenAI on Nov. 10 (Nov. 11 Japan time) announced that "Advanced voice" and "Standard voice," the options for voice conversations in ChatGPT, will be replaced on Dec. 11 by "GPT-Live," the voice model it introduced in July. From that day, the 2 modes can no longer be selected in settings, and users who had selected them will be switched to GPT-Live. Live video and screen sharing, which GPT-Live does not support, will continue on Advanced voice until it does. OpenAI said voice usage nearly doubled after GPT-Live's launch and that nearly all voice users now use GPT-Live, but it did not give the baseline or actual numbers. The replacement notice is not limited to specific plans.

OpenAI announced on X on Nov. 6 that it had begun rolling out "Remix," a feature that lets users create their own version of a site built by a colleague by describing what they want to change, to ChatGPT Business and Enterprise accounts. Users can keep editing their version in chat. The post says "copy" but does not mention any effect on the original site. In the demo in the post's video, the new copy was visible only to the user right after it was made, but it is unclear whether that is the default permission. Whether stored data and secrets are copied is also not stated in the official documentation checked. Lovable and Replit, which have similar features, document what they do not copy, and this point will be a focus for businesses adopting it.

U.S.-based document collaboration service Notion announced on X on Nov. 6 that it had released a plugin for OpenAI's ChatGPT. It says users can use "the real Notion editor" without leaving ChatGPT, and can edit pages themselves as they take shape during the conversation. An integration for reading and writing pages from ChatGPT already existed, and this time Notion highlighted that the editing interface itself can be used. The post does not mention eligible plans or pricing. Use at businesses depends on permissions and administrator settings in both ChatGPT and Notion.

Thibault Sottiaux, who leads Codex at OpenAI, posted on X on Nov. 5 (Nov. 6 Japan time) that images created in ChatGPT and the API had topped 4 billion a week, up from more than 3 billion a week 8 weeks earlier. Media reports, citing OpenAI, also said the daily average was more than 500 million. All figures come from the company, and the split between ChatGPT and the API, the number of images by model and how a week is counted could not be confirmed, nor has any third-party verification been found. Big Technology wrote on Nov. 3 that the figure was 1.5 billion a week, with no explanation for the gap.

Anthropic announced on Nov. 5 (Nov. 6 Japan time) that it will gradually roll out "Personal Finance" as a beta in the U.S., a feature that lets users connect bank and other accounts to the AI assistant "Claude" and ask questions about their money. It is available on 3 paid plans, Pro, Max and Ultra, and connections use Plaid. Access is read-only, and transfers and investing are not possible. There are no ads, and conversations in the dedicated view are not used for training, the company said. ChatGPT's personal finance feature has expanded to the free tier and also shows investment holdings. Whether the feature belongs to the same line as the leaked "Claude Money" cannot be confirmed from Anthropic's materials.

Cat Wu, who served as product lead for Anthropic's AI coding tool "Claude Code," said on X on Nov. 4 (Nov. 5 Japan time) that she is joining OpenAI. She will lead product management for "Core Products," which includes ChatGPT and Codex. The announcement came five days after her last day at Anthropic; according to Business Insider, OpenAI confirmed the hire and Anthropic declined to comment. Her formal title, start date and scope of responsibility for Codex are unconfirmed. With Anthropic preparing for an IPO expected in the week of Nov. 16, the former head of one of its flagship products is moving to a rival.

OpenAI on Nov. 4 released "ChatGPT Images 2.6," a new version of its image generation, adding support for creating GIFs and saving reference images. It added new models "Flare" and "Sunburst" to its API, saying they generate images 50% faster and that Flare can take as little as 6 seconds. Pricing is the same as the previous generation. Sunburst is said to rank first on Design Arena, but a post by Arena put it second, and no third-party measurement verifying "50%" or "6 seconds" under the same conditions has been found.

Samir Ahmed, who oversees dots and ChatGPT at OpenAI, announced an update to the always-on AI agent "dots" on X on Nov. 4. In the latest app, users can reply directly from iOS notifications and share any content to dots. Calls connect faster and end when the user says "goodbye." He said the stability of tasks on Windows was also improved. The app version, plans covered and Android support were not stated and remain unconfirmed.

Adam Fry, who heads ChatGPT's consumer products at OpenAI, said on Nov. 2 (Nov. 3 Japan time) that the volume of search-like queries on ChatGPT has reached about one-fifth of Google's. The figure is based on OpenAI's own definition, which counts each query involving a web search as one, and he did not cite a source for the Google figure used in the comparison. He said weekly active users grew from 1 billion to 1.2 billion over the past two months. Research firm Ahrefs estimated in February, using a different definition, that it was about 12% of Google's. Google's parent Alphabet reported in October that search revenue growth slowed to 12% from a year earlier, and its shares fell more than 12% at one point the next day.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X on Nov. 3 (Nov. 4 Japan time) that "people should always be in control of the future." He said OpenAI is against the notion of people being relegated to doing only what "AI systems think makes sense to reward in humans," and argued that the requirement not to cede control of the future to superintelligence should ultimately constrain AI progress. He did not give the source of the passage in quotation marks. The post is in line with his argument, made at the U.N. Security Council in September and elsewhere, that AI should be kept under human control, and the focus is on how this squares with the speed of development.

OpenAI on Nov. 3 disclosed efforts to use ChatGPT and Codex for mechanical design, electrical design and simulation. Two employees used GPT-6 Astra to design an audio device for talking with Codex, from the enclosure to the circuit board and firmware, in less than a week, and a contract manufacturer built prototypes in less than a month. In preparing for mass production, however, the model could not consistently account for tolerances and assembly conditions, and human review was needed repeatedly. OpenAI is collaborating with Mazda on research into vehicle aerodynamic design and is testing with Chip Ganassi Racing the creation of drawings from 3D scans of parts. No new products or pricing were announced.

OpenAI said on Nov. 3 that "ChatGPT Voice," its voice conversation feature, can be used with "Finances," ChatGPT's personal finance feature that lets users connect bank and other accounts and ask about money. Users can ask about spending and savings by voice. Voice support had been added in the Oct. 2 update that extended Finances to the free tier and the low-cost Go. Finances is available on Free, Go, Plus and Pro in the U.S. but is limited to reading account data and cannot transfer money or make payments. Perplexity has also expanded account connections through Plaid, and Anthropic is reported to be preparing a similar feature.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said at the opening ceremony of the ADIPEC energy exhibition in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 2 that the internal model that produced a proof on the Navier-Stokes equations in September is the "next GPT" and will be released soon, according to reports. He said 10,000 agents of that model worked together for about four days to produce the proof. He did not give the model's name or release timing. At the same event, OpenAI signed AI adoption deals with Abu Dhabi's state oil company ADNOC and others.

OpenAI on Nov. 2 released "LifeVal," an evaluation that measures whether AI can actually complete everyday errands such as finding child care, handling government paperwork and managing household finances. The tasks were chosen through a survey of about 4,000 people on where they want help. The average score of the company's models rose from 49.3% for GPT-5.2 to 80.6% for GPT-6 Astra, but gains have been small since GPT-5.6. The tasks have not been made public, and the company does the grading itself.

OpenAI on Oct. 28 made it possible to communicate with "dots," ChatGPT's always-on AI agent, through iMessage on the iPhone and RCS messages on Android. Users can ask for errands or monitoring by text, photo or voice memo, and dots also sends progress updates. It is rolling out first as a test version to Pro plan users in the U.S. OpenAI says neither dots nor OpenAI reads users' other messages.

OpenAI on Oct. 27 released plugins that let ChatGPT operate Apple's iCloud Mail and Calendar. It can find and read email, draft and send messages, and create and change events. They are available on all plans through the web, desktop and iPhone apps. Only Apple addresses such as "@icloud.com" are supported, and connecting requires creating a dedicated password.

CapCut, the video editing app owned by China's ByteDance, announced on Oct. 24 at its "CapCut World" event in Los Angeles that it will release a plugin within months for editing and generating videos inside OpenAI's ChatGPT. Users can develop an idea in ChatGPT, have CapCut produce a rough edit, and then refine it in conversation with requests such as making a scene longer or the captions easier to read. CapCut has more than 700 million users in more than 170 markets.

Thibault Sottiaux, who leads Codex and other products at OpenAI, said on X on Oct. 21 that the always-on AI agent "dots" is fully included in the Pro plan, which starts at $100 a month, and does not consume weekly usage limits. He also posted "Dot, Dotter, Dottest," hinting at bigger versions. The posts came just after Anthropic released "Claude Duet," an always-on agent that shares usage limits, the same day. However, tasks that dots starts in Codex and elsewhere still use usage limits as before.

OpenAI on Oct. 20 launched "Locked Chats," which hides specific ChatGPT conversations behind a 4-digit PIN. Hidden conversations no longer appear in history or search, and on smartphones they can also be opened with face or fingerprint authentication. The feature is rolling out gradually on the web, smartphone and desktop apps for plans from the free tier to business plans. It is designed for screen sharing and lending devices to others; it does not strengthen encryption, and data retention periods do not change. If a user forgets the PIN and resets it, all hidden conversations are deleted and cannot be restored.

OpenAI on Oct. 20 added "team tasks" to ChatGPT's business plans. Recurring work, such as a weekly shipping summary or a tally of issues blocking work, is registered as a shared team task and runs automatically in the cloud on a set schedule or when new items arrive in Slack or Gmail. Members can review the results, ask follow-up questions and make corrections. Because tasks are not tied to the creator's personal account, other members can maintain them even when that person is away.

OpenAI announced on Oct. 19 that it has added simultaneous multi-user editing and comments to "ChatGPT Slides," which creates presentation materials in ChatGPT. Text, images and figures' numbers on a slide can now be edited by clicking them directly, and ChatGPT or the always-on agent "dots" can apply comments. It is available on the higher-priced monthly "Pro" plan and the business plans "Business" and "Enterprise," but not on the consumer "Plus" plan. Materials can be exported to PowerPoint, Google Slides and PDF.

A rumor that OpenAI would release its next model, "GPT-6.5," on Nov. 1 spread on X on Oct. 20. It was based on screenshots purportedly showing the text "6.5" and a countdown to Nov. 1 in the source code of a website called "opensi," but another account that tracks new-model information denied it, saying the site did not belong to OpenAI. The site had been registered in September as an "independent parody." OpenAI has announced nothing, even after the countdown deadline passed.

Anthropic is preparing "Personal Finance," a feature that reads bank account data and analyzes spending, for its AI assistant "Claude," U.S.-based TestingCatalog, which tracks new features, reported on Oct. 18. Accounts would be connected through U.S. financial data connection service Plaid, and Claude would build dashboards. During development it was called "Claude Money," and it had also been spotted in the app's interface in September. Anthropic has not announced it, and when it will be offered is unknown. OpenAI launched a similar feature in ChatGPT in May.

Thibault Sottiaux, who leads OpenAI's AI coding tool Codex, said on Oct. 16 (Oct. 17 Japan time) that Codex and ChatGPT Work had received improvements that increase the amount of work that can be done under the same usage limits. The changes reuse context between subagents, the helper AIs that split up a task, extend how long the cache is kept and revise how requests are routed. He gave no figures on how much usage would fall. The change was day 12 of a campaign in which OpenAI pledged to ship one improvement or reset usage limits every day for 28 days starting Oct. 5.

OpenAI on Oct. 30 (Oct. 31 Japan time) added support in ChatGPT's iOS app for "Live Activities," which show the status of work by its AI coding tool "Codex" running on a user's own PC on the lock screen and elsewhere. A Codex staff member disclosed the change on X. "Codex remote," which lets users control Codex on a PC from a smartphone, became generally available on all plans in June, and users can now check progress without opening the app. Codex's weekly users reached 7 million in July. GitHub and Cursor had added similar displays by the summer.

OpenAI said on a help page on Oct. 31 (Nov. 1 Japan time) that starting in December, usage limits for ChatGPT's paid "Plus," "Pro" and "Business" plans will become a single allowance shared between ChatGPT and its coding assistant "Codex." The allowance is counted in tokens rather than the number of uses, and more capable models draw it down faster. The standard conversational mode "Instant" is not counted. OpenAI has not disclosed the size of each plan's allowance or the start date. OpenAI had just doubled the limits for all Pro tiers on Oct. 29, and Anthropic also removed the five-hour limit on its top plan on Oct. 30.