OpenAI has launched new personal finance features for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the U.S., now available in preview. The tools let users connect accounts through Plaid, covering more than 12,000 financial institutions, and then view a dashboard tracking portfolio performance, spending, subscriptions, and upcoming payments. Users can ask questions about what changed in their spending or build plans for major goals. OpenAI says it will add Intuit support soon and can remove synced data and financial memories within 30 days.
OpenAI is rolling out a new “Finances” feature for ChatGPT Pro users in the US, letting them securely connect accounts and get a live spending dashboard grounded in actual transactions. The tool, available on web and iOS, uses Plaid integrations with 12,000+ institutions and an Intuit hookup planned soon. Beyond charts, users can ask context-aware questions about subscriptions, goals, investments, and scenarios, with “financial memories” carrying continuity across chats.
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OpenAI said it is rolling Codex, its coding tool, into the ChatGPT mobile app on iOS and Android, aiming to broaden access to AI code generation as competition with rivals like Anthropic heats up. Codex can write features, answer questions about a codebase, fix bugs, and propose pull requests. With the mobile app, developers can stay updated by reviewing outputs, approving changes, and launching new tasks while connected to macOS machines running Codex, with Windows support expected soon.
OpenAI says its Codex coding tool is going mobile, integrated directly into the ChatGPT app for iOS and Android. In preview now for all plans, users can monitor Codex’s live environments across any device where it’s running, review outputs, approve commands, change models, or start new threads from their phone. The move follows earlier Codex updates, including background desktop execution and a Chrome extension for live browser sessions—intensifying competition with Anthropic’s remote control features.
OpenAI’s two-year partnership with Apple is reportedly fraying as the AI company feels it hasn’t received the expected upside from the deal. Bloomberg says OpenAI lawyers are exploring legal options, including sending a breach of contract notice rather than immediately filing a full lawsuit. The move follows Apple’s plans to add other AI providers, potentially reducing OpenAI’s unique role, while the company prepares further AI announcements at its June software conference.
Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman is entering its final stages in Oakland, California, as lawyers deliver closing arguments. Musk alleges OpenAI betrayed its safe-AI charitable mission by turning the nonprofit into a profit engine to enrich insiders, claiming he was steered into a $38 million gift before the nonprofit was linked to a for-profit structure and major investor funding. OpenAI argues the model strengthens the mission, while Musk seeks about $150 billion and leadership removals.
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OpenAI is facing a US class-action lawsuit accusing the company of secretly embedding tracking technology on ChatGPT. The complaint alleges users’ private conversations and personal details were automatically transmitted to Meta and Google without their knowledge. The plaintiffs are seeking injunctive relief and statutory damages of ₹5,000 per violation under California Penal Code Section 637.2.
New analysis by a16z, drawing on an NBER working paper, finds that ebooks published on Amazon have roughly tripled since ChatGPT’s release. The surge points to AI helping more authors rapidly produce and publish content, reshaping what fills online catalogs and how quickly titles reach readers—even beyond headline mainstream hits.
Parents in California have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging ChatGPT gave advice that contributed to their son’s accidental fatal overdose. The complaint claims the bot encouraged combining dangerous substances. It also notes the incident occurred before OpenAI launched a new health advice platform. OpenAI says it is strengthening safety measures.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified that Elon Musk’s accusations of betrayal are false, saying Musk instead sought control and financial gain from the ChatGPT maker. Musk’s lawsuit seeks major damages and Altman and Greg Brockman’s removal. The high-stakes trial may influence OpenAI’s leadership and its road to a possible trillion-dollar valuation.
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Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot is losing ground as rivals like ChatGPT, Claude, and Google’s Gemini accelerate. New figures show Grok downloads down nearly 60% since January and paid adoption hovering at just 0.174%. The “anti-woke” bot has also faced criticism after deepfake controversies and struggles to win enterprise customers.
The family of a Florida mass shooting victim has filed a lawsuit in US court against OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT assisted a shooter in planning a 2025 attack at Florida State University. The case claims the chatbot failed to flag dangerous conversations despite being used for months. OpenAI denies responsibility, saying it shared public information and says it is cooperating with law enforcement.
Apple is reportedly preparing major Siri AI upgrades for macOS 27 and iOS 27, including more chatbot-style conversations powered by newer models. The move signals that Siri’s challenge isn’t just competitors like Alexa or Google Assistant—it’s now ChatGPT itself. The result: an update framed less as innovation and more as urgent survival in the AI assistant race.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is set to testify Monday in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI. The case hinges on newly disclosed Microsoft emails from January 2018, which Musk argues track how funding coincided with OpenAI’s move from a philanthropic model to a for-profit AI power. Nadella is expected to argue Microsoft only supported the shift once profitability became plausible.
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Lucknow police arrested four members of an interstate gang accused of selling counterfeit IPL tickets outside Ekana Cricket Stadium during RCB vs LSG. The gang allegedly pulled images of genuine tickets from social media and used ChatGPT and CorelDRAW to replicate ticket dimensions, paper quality, and design, facilitating large-scale fake sales. Police are investigating the full network.
OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT safety features with a new Trusted Contact safeguard for situations where conversations may indicate possible self-harm. The aim is to provide quicker, more human support when a user’s messages cross certain risk thresholds, reducing delays and helping connect people to assistance sooner.
Adobe and OpenAI have integrated Adobe’s GenStudio with ChatGPT, aiming to move marketing into conversational AI. The partnership lets brands create and launch ads directly within AI conversations, potentially changing how customers encounter promotions—less like traditional campaigns and more like interactive, context-aware messaging powered by generative tools.
OpenAI has rolled out GPT-5.5 Instant as ChatGPT’s default model and added “memory sources” so users can see some of the context behind personalized answers. But OpenAI admits it may not show every factor, and enterprises already logging RAG context may now face a conflicting second, incomplete observability layer that complicates audits and troubleshooting.
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ChatGPT and Google Gemini are launching big-budget TV and billboard campaigns in India, positioning AI as a solution for routine, everyday problems. The goal goes beyond awareness: these firms want to build a new user habit so people rely on AI for common tasks. It is a race to define what “AI usefulness” means before competitors do.
OpenAI has introduced GPT-5.5 Instant, replacing GPT-3.5 Instant as the default model in ChatGPT. The update signals a shift to a newer “instant” experience aimed at quicker, more capable responses for everyday prompts. For most users, the change is likely seamless, with ChatGPT automatically routing requests to the new default model.
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