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OpenAI introduces «Chronicle,» a tool constantly screenshotting your desktop

The new feature is tailored to high-output work environments, or it would be a privacy disaster. (Picture: Adobe)

The new feature is an agent observing your screen all the time you work, storing screenshots as «memories» to better help with context for your Codex tasks.

— Over time, it helps Codex learn how you work: the tools you use, the projects you return to, and the workflows you rely on, OpenAI croons on x.com.

The point is to learn even more detail about you, from how you prefer your code to the tools and apps you use to perform. This can then later be recalled by Codex.

Notwithstanding the privacy concerns from Windows Recall, which also uses AI to take and store screenshots of your desktop, OpenAI is warning that the screenshots are even stored unencrypted on your computer.

They also warn that it eats up rate limits quickly, is very prone to prompt injection attacks and is only available on the $200 Pro subscription, as a research preview on macOS. Once enabled, it can be paused at any time in a menu item.

OpenAI launches GPT-Rosalind, specifically made for life sciences, biology

OpenAI wants to aid in research and discovery of new drugs, but hallucinations linger. (Picture: Adobe)

Aiming to help discovery and create therapies from vast databases and cutting edge research, access to the new model will be tightly restricted.

For obvious reasons, biohacking can be a serious issue even for general AI implementations, but when it comes to building a model strictly for biology, only a select few researchers will get access.

The Rosalind model is based on the latest internal research from OpenAI, and outperforms GPT-5.4, sometimes massively, on chemistry, biochemistry, genetics and experimental design — the datasets it was trained on.

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OpenAI releases revamped Codex app with computer use for macOS

Codex is getting one step closer to a super app. (Picture: OpenAI)

Getting one step closer to their super app, OpenAI’s latest Codex app can operate every app on your computer by «seeing, clicking and typing» with its own cursor — in the background (so you don’t have to wait for it to finish).

The app can also now generate images, remember preferences, and learn from previous workflows. It even comes with its own in-app browser — so you can check your web work instantly.

It can also open PDFs, spreadsheets, slides and docs natively, and gets a new summary pane to track agents, sources and «artifacts,» in addition to alpha support for SSH connections and multiple terminal tabs.

As a «preview,» it should be able to reuse older threads for context and instructions, and schedule its own work over days and weeks.

The app is available here. Computer use only works on the Mac version.

Read more: OpenAI’s announcement, The Verge, TechCrunch.

OpenAI announces ChatGPT-5.4-Cyber, a permissive vulnerability researcher

Only the most trusted cybersecurity pros will get access to the advanced model. (Picture: OpenAI)

The new Cyber model has fewer restraints than other available bots to let cybersecurity professionals game out and test for vulnerabilities.

These kinds of tasks would normally get refusals for security reasons, but with Cyber access, developers can go as far as reverse engineering entire apps to poke for bugs.

The model is based on ChatGPT-5.4, but OpenAI says they are expanding the entire Cyber program now «in preparation for increasingly capable models over the next few months […] whose capabilities will rapidly exceed even the best purpose-built models of today.»

The release comes hot on the heels of Anthropic’s Mythos model and «Project Glasswing,» said to be so advanced they won’t release the full model.

To get access to GPT-5.4-Cyber, you have to first verify that you are a cybersecurity professional with OpenAI, and even then you might get «limited» access based on a tier system.

Read more: OpenAI’s announcement, Reuters and Axios.

OpenAI memo touts «Spud,» says Anthropic is «single-product company»

OpenAI has great faith in their upcoming «Spud» model, and thinks Anthropic blew it on compute. (Picture: generated)

Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser revealed OpenAI’s priorities going forward in a recent memo seen by The Verge — and it’s all about enterprise and their upcoming model.

— Better model performance lifts the rest of the stack. «Spud» will make all of our key products significantly better, writes Dresser, without giving any timeline for release.

She also touts their compute advantage, saying it will show up in higher token limits, in training stronger models, and as a better fit for multi-year, multi-functional customer needs.

The enterprise markets that OpenAI has been focusing on of late are maturing, she writes, and says customers aren’t necessarily looking for the latest and greatest, but the best fit, the best workflows, and day-to-day operations, where they hope «Spud» will deliver.

She then has some choice words on Anthropic; saying it was a strategic misstep «not to acquire enough compute,» that their focus on coding makes them «a single-product company in a platform war,» and that «their story is built on fear, restriction.»

Read more: The Verge has the memo, Axios, CNBC focuses on the Amazon business.

OpenAI expects ad revenue of $2.5 billion this year, and $100B by 2030

If OpenAI continues on its growth trajectory, they project massive earnings from ads. (Picture: Adobe)

Counting on continuing the pace of user growth, OpenAI is banking on ad revenues well above the more cautious estimates of $1 billion, Axios reports, citing sources privy to investor presentations.

The growth to $100 billion revenue will be possible if they hit a target of 2.7 billion weekly users by 2030 — and would put it in contention with some of the world’s largest advertising platforms, notes Reuters.

Behemoths like Google and Meta has advertising revenues of $295 and $196 billion annually as of today, and OpenAI’s planned trajectory would make AI chatbots one of the pillars of online marketing.

Previously, OpenAI shared a projected $100 million revenue from ads after just six weeks of operation, and said they were building a self-serve advertising platform.

Read more: Axios and Reuters.

Sam Altman reflects on AGI and policy after Molotov attack on his home

Altman is calling for a cooling of the debate. (Picture: Shutterstock)

Comparing Artificial General Intelligence to The One Ring from Tolkien’s legendary books, Altman says he understands the heated debate about AI and who controls it:

— A lot of the criticism of our industry comes from sincere concern about the incredibly high stakes of this technology, he writes, and — Once you see AGI you can’t unsee it.

The OpenAI CEO strikes a humble tone in reflecting on the attack, which saw a Molotov cocktail thrown at his house, which luckily bounced away. San Francisco police later apprehended a man in his twenties.

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OpenAI announces $100 ChatGPT Pro plan, with 5x limits by popular demand

Codex growth is off the charts for OpenAI, which is now releasing a custom-made subscription. (Picture: OpenAI)

ChatGPT is on par with Claude subscriptions, now that it has an intermediate Pro subscription tailor-made for Codex use.

This also closes the huge gap between the Plus tier at $20/month and the top Pro tier at $200/month.

Sam Altman says the new tier is by very popular demand. A spokesperson tells TechCrunch that 3 million people are using Codex every week, and it’s growing by more than 70% per month.

To celebrate the launch of the new tier, OpenAI is increasing usage limits for the $100 plan to 10x for Codex, while the $200 plan remains at 20x.

OpenAI will «for sure» reserve stock for retail investors in IPO, CFO says

In an interview with CNBC, Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar stays mum on specifics of going public, but says their recent funding round showed «really strong demand» from retail investors.

She said other companies, like Block and SpaceX have reserved IPO stock for retail investors and OpenAI will «for sure» do the same thing.

— Everybody wants to own part of a rocket company — I hope everyone wants to own part of ChatGPT. It helps when you’re a consumer brand, Friar told the channel.

She won’t comment on a concrete timeline for going public, but says it’s «good hygiene» for the company to «look and feel and act like a public company.»

An OpenAI IPO could come as soon as the second half of 2026, Reuters reports, and could value the company at up to $1 trillion.

Read more: CNBC, Reuters.

OpenAI sounds warning about the AI future, and offers a policy roadmap

OpenAI is offering policy suggestions for an AI world, and warns it is coming sooner than you think. (Picture: Shutterstock)

We are entering the AI age with all engines running, OpenAI says, and we need to be prepared for a future where production is done by robots, capital gains amass rapidly and regular people might be forced out.

While saying there are ways to mitigate this, like offering a four-day workweek and massively expanding the social safety net akin to the New Deal policies after the Great Depression, OpenAI says time is running out.

Their proposals suggest drastically increasing capital gains taxes and offers an idea to tax automation in factories, as they push regular people out of jobs — and envisions creating a public wealth fund powered by AI, that can empower citizens directly and offer them a stake in the future.

OpenAIs policy paper also lays out how they see access to AI as «foundational for participation in the modern economy» and is similar to that of cars or electricity. Every citizen should have access, they say.

Read more: The policy paper (13 pages, dense). Writeups on Axios, Business Insider and TechCrunch.

OpenAI officially closes $122 billion funding round at $852B valuation

OpenAI is by far the most used and valued AI lab, with 40% of revenue from enterprise customers. (Picture: Adobe)

Ahead of a possible stock market debut, the ChatGPT maker is also saying that it will be available in «several» market-traded ETFs managed by Ark Invest.

This will be the first time OpenAI can be traded by individual investors, and over $3 billion is being raised by banks.

The round is led by «strategic partners» Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank, as previously reported, and OpenAI is committed to consume 2 gigawatts of compute from AWS as part of the deal.

In its announcement, OpenAI brags that ChatGPT has «more than 900 million weekly active users, and over 50 million subscribers. ChatGPT has 6x the monthly web visits and mobile sessions than the next largest AI app, while total AI time spent is 4x the next largest AI app.»

— These are not just growth milestones — they show that frontier AI is becoming part of everyday life for people around the world, they say.

At the same time, OpenAI is openly confirming that they are indeed building a super app, that will combine ChatGPT, Codex, browsing, and «broader agentic capabilities»

Read more: OpenAI’s announcement, CNBC, and TechCrunch.

OpenAI projects $100 million in annualized revenue from ChatGPT ads test

Ads on ChatGPT are just being shown to a tiny fraction of users, but that’s about to change. (Picture: Adobe)

The figure was reached from a small pilot of 600 advertisers serving less than 20% of Free and Go users, Reuters reports.

85% of these users in the USA are eligible to receive ads, but far fewer ads are shown in the trial that started in February.

The minimum asking price to get on the test program is said to be $200,000 and the projected revenue once the trial goes live to more users is about a billion dollars a year.

80% of the advertisers on the platform are small and medium-sized businesses, Reuters notes, and OpenAI is set to debut a self-serve advertising platform already in April.

Read more: Reuters and CNBC.

OpenAI scraps Adult Mode «indefinitely,» Financial Times reports

After running into strong headwinds, letting «adults be adults» is out at OpenAI. (Picture: generated)

It now seems official that there won’t be an Adult Mode, or «smutty chat» on ChatGPT, due to challenges of training it, internal dismay and investor concerns, The Financial Times (paywalled) says.

Offering an Adult Mode on ChatGPT was a promise made by CEO Sam Altman in October 2025, but quickly ran into problems, leading to delays, and later postponement.

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OpenAI axes Sora video app and API, and it won’t live on in ChatGPT

Contrary to earlier rumors, the app won’t be integrated into ChatGPT, writes The Wall Street Journal and Reuters, citing an internal email by CEO Sam Altman.

The video generation app had amassed 920 million users since December 2025 and was for a while the number one app on the App Store, before declining to #165 recently.

Closing the free app, estimated to cost $15 million per day, opens up resources for OpenAI’s recent focus on coding and business, as it was labelled a «side quest» internally.

With Sora discontinued, OpenAI is also leaving behind a $1 billion deal with Disney — which had licensed some of its characters for use on the platform. Disney says they are open to new investments, and «respects» OpenAI’s decision.

Read more: The Wall Street Journal, Reuters and Tibor Blaho.

As OpenAI prepares to show ads to all Free and Go users, advertisers are giddy

Everyone on Free and Go plans will be getting ads before soon. (Picture: screenshot)

According to The Information (paywalled), OpenAI will soon stop its «experiment» in ads. They will go for a full advertising service in «the coming weeks,» reports Reuters.

That means the test with showing some ads to about 5% of users is coming to an end, and the full plan will start up just after easter.

The limited advertising has so far been a success. The main complaint from advertisers is that it’s going too slow, according to CNBC. Most of them are happy and ready to spend more — with more varied ads.

— We’re encouraged by early signals from users and participating brands, and continue to see strong interest from advertisers, OpenAI tells CNBC.

The advertising program on Free and Go tiers is expected to earn OpenAI about $1 billion per year, and usher in a third tier for advertisers in addition to Search, Social, and Retail.

Read more: The Information (paywalled), Reuters, and CNBC.