ChatGPT has reached 1 billion monthly active users on its app, making it the fastest application in history to hit that milestone. The figures come from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, which previously held Google Maps as the record holder. Google Maps took approximately five years to reach 1 billion monthly users. ChatGPT reached the…
Cloned retail websites are appearing in ChatGPT shopping results, according to the scam-checking service Ask Silver. The firm discovered that ChatGPT included links to fake versions of shoe retailer Russell & Bromley and home furnishings retailer Dunelm in its responses. These counterfeit sites take orders, deliver nothing, and steal payment information. OpenAI has confirmed that…
OpenAI is introducing a significantly upgraded memory system for ChatGPT called Dreaming, starting with Plus and Pro users in the United States. The update enhances how ChatGPT remembers context between conversations, follows user preferences, and updates its memories over time. Free and Go users will gain access over the next few weeks as the rollout…
OpenAI has announced an update that enhances the GPT-5.5 Instant model and retires several older models from ChatGPT, including o3 and GPT-4.5. The company shared this information in an updated release notes document. The update focuses on improving GPT-5.5’s response quality and style, while also phasing out older models to optimize computing resources. GPT-5.5 Instant…
OpenAI has delayed the rollout of ChatGPT’s adult mode for the second time, with no new launch date provided. An OpenAI spokesperson told Axios that the company is “pushing out” the release while engineers focus on higher priority work, according to TechCrunch. The adult mode was first announced by CEO Sam Altman in October 2025,…
OpenAI has introduced a new Lockdown Mode in ChatGPT, designed to limit some features in exchange for stronger security controls. The company says most users do not need to enable it. Lockdown Mode is aimed at people facing elevated digital risk, including journalists, activists, and users working in sensitive environments. It reduces how much ChatGPT…
Apple is reportedly preparing to expand CarPlay by allowing third-party AI assistants to support voice interactions in a future update, according to Bloomberg. This change would enable developers such as OpenAI and Google to bring CarPlay-compatible versions of their AI apps, including ChatGPT and Gemini, into Apple’s in-car platform. Currently, Siri handles most voice-based tasks…
The core reason LLMs, or large language models such as ChatGPT and Gemini, work the way they do is the amount of data they are trained on. Every conversation you have with it or the data you feed into it is used to further train it. This also instils a fear of privacy concerns among… Read…
A new analysis suggests that OpenAI could face serious financial pressure and may run out of cash by mid-2027, raising questions about how sustainable the economics of frontier AI development really are. The argument comes from Sebastian Mallaby, an economist and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, who recently examined the company’s spending…
OpenAI has changed how ChatGPT uses past conversations. Plus and Pro subscribers can now ask questions that reference their entire chat history, including conversations created months or years ago, without manually opening older threads. ChatGPT has stored chat history for a long time, but finding specific information inside it has been unreliable. Searching manually often…
