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Plans ahead of IPO

OpenAI Reinvents ChatGPT as Full AI Super App

09. June, 2026 - 05:52

OpenAI is preparing its most ambitious overhaul of ChatGPT to date. The company aims to transform its flagship chatbot into a full-scale “super app” featuring autonomous AI agents, developer tools, and integrated third-party services — all ahead of a planned IPO.

Easing Compute Capacity Constraints

OpenAI Updates GPT-5.5 Instant and Retires GPT-4.5

04. June, 2026 - 05:48

OpenAI is rolling out a major update to GPT-5.5 Instant, designed to deliver more natural responses, while also introducing a built-in job search feature and phasing out older models, including GPT-4.5.

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Co.

AI Assistants Compared 2026

04. May, 2026 - 12:00

Not long ago, the answer to the question of the best AI assistant was simple: ChatGPT. Today the landscape of AI assistants has changed dramatically. Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Mistral, DeepSeek, Grok, and Perplexity all represent serious alternatives, each with a distinct profile, individual strengths, and its own data-privacy implications.

Disruption

ChatGPT down: Thousands of outage reports filed world wide

20. April, 2026 - 17:42

Users across the world are reporting widespread issues with ChatGPT. Visiting chatgpt.com currently returns nothing but an error page.

Vulnerability

ChatGPT sandbox bypassed via DNS tunneling

31. March, 2026 - 12:52

Security researchers at Check Point Research discovered a vulnerability in ChatGPT’s analysis environment. Data exfiltration was possible through a channel that OpenAI apparently overlooked.

"Too many concurrent requests"

ChatGPT down: Users report widespread outages

23. October, 2025 - 15:25

The popular AI chatbot ChatGPT is experiencing significant technical problems again today, Thursday. Numerous users have reported disruptions on outage tracking platforms, with Downdetector recording over thousands of reports across different countries.

Hallucinations and paranoia

ChatGPT advice leads to poisoning from the 19th century

12. August, 2025 - 09:12

A 60-year-old man developed bromine poisoning three months after blindly following the AI’s dietary recommendations.

User request

OpenAI: GPT-4o returns after shaky GPT-5 start

09. August, 2025 - 13:00

After just one day, OpenAI is bringing its popular predecessor GPT-4o back to ChatGPT. Users criticize GPT-5 as soulless and impersonal.

What you need to know

OpenAI launches GPT-5: What the new version can do

07. August, 2025 - 17:33

OpenAI has announced GPT-5, the latest generation of its large language models. The system promises significantly improved reliability and will be available to free users for the first time – albeit with usage limitations.