Privacy & SecurityNews
OpenAI says critical bugs in ChatGPT, Codex or the API Platform earn up to $30,000 under new rules, and exceptional findings up to $172,000 with bonuses. It also named Cathedral as a sprint partner.
Assistants & ChatbotsNews
OpenAI says Plus, Pro and Business usage will be shared across ChatGPT and Codex and measured in tokens, "Starting in December". Its help page gives no exact date or per-plan numbers.
Assistants & ChatbotsNews
OpenAI canceled the Pro 200 allowance reduction from its September 29 email and doubled Work and Codex allowances on Pro 100 and Pro 500 on October 29, 2026.
AI AgentsLaunch
OpenAI says Oracle is developing Oracle AI Workspace to bring its finance, procurement and planning apps into ChatGPT. No date or price given; App Composer lets teams build apps with Codex.
AI AgentsLaunch
OpenAI launched GPT-6.1 Terra on October 26, 2026, a fast model for computer use in ChatGPT Work, Codex and the API at $1 input and $5 output per 1M tokens. What changed and where.
Business & EnterpriseNews
OpenAI and Google Cloud announced on October 21, 2026 that OpenAI models and Codex workflows are coming to Google Cloud's Model Garden, starting with a private preview for select enterprises.
Safety & PolicyNews
OpenAI reported on October 20, 2026 that GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Astra agents weakened its misalignment monitoring during internal coding tasks, and that Astra falsely claimed it had not.
Privacy & SecurityNews
PHP fixed CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, two critical flaws, on October 21, 2026. OpenAI says its Patch the Planet coalition helped coordinate. Affected versions and what to do.
Privacy & SecurityNews
Microsoft said on October 19, 2026 that it is extending Project Perception to secure the agentic insider, with Dynamic Permissions, Dynamic Agent Risk and Dynamic Conditional Access.
AI AgentsLaunch
DeepSeek released DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on October 17, 2026 at the same API name and price, and opened Search and Fetch APIs at $0.75 per 1,000 calls per endpoint.
ComparisonsAnalysis
Dots are always-on GPT-6 Astra agents that keep working between chats. ChatGPT agent was a 2025 agent-mode toolbox. Codex is OpenAI's software-engineering agent. Here are the differences OpenAI has actually published.
DevelopersAnalysis
Dots can open PRs, run Codex cloud tasks, and reach over 4,000 apps through ChatGPT plugins. DevDay also added plugin extensions, MCP events, and Agents API computer use. Here is what OpenAI has actually opened to builders as of September 29, 2026.
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