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Databricks uses GPT-5.5 for enterprise agent workflows after the model set a new state of the art on the OfficeQA Pro benchmark.

See how business operations teams can use Codex to create initiative briefs, strategy updates, leadership decision packets, progress updates, and more from real work inputs.

See how sales teams can use Codex to create pipeline briefs, meeting prep packets, forecast reviews, account plans, and stalled-deal diagnoses from real work inputs.

Preview a new personal finance experience in ChatGPT for Pro users in the U.S. Securely connect your financial accounts and get AI-powered insights and guidance grounded in your financial context, goals, and priorities.

See how data science teams can use Codex to build root-cause briefs, impact readouts, KPI memos, scoped analyses, and dashboard specs from real work inputs.

Sea Limited's CPO explains why the company is deploying Codex across engineering teams to accelerate AI-native software development in Asia.

Use Codex anywhere with the ChatGPT mobile app. Monitor, steer, and approve coding tasks in real time across devices and remote environments.

Learn how new ChatGPT safety updates improve context awareness in sensitive conversations, helping detect risk over time and respond more safely.

Learn how OpenAI built a safe, effective sandbox to enable Codex on Windows with controlled file access and network limits.

OpenAI details its response to the TanStack “Mini Shai-Hulud” supply chain attack, outlines protections taken to secure systems and signing certificates, and explains why macOS users must update OpenAI apps by June 12, 2026. Learn what happened, what was affected, and how OpenAI is strengthening defenses against evolving software supply chain threats.

See how finance teams can use Codex to build MBRs, reporting packs, variance bridges, model checks, and planning scenarios from real work inputs.

Parameter Golf brought together 1,000+ participants and 2,000+ submissions to explore AI-assisted machine learning research, coding agents, quantization, and novel model design under strict constraints.

Learn how AutoScout24 Group uses Codex and ChatGPT to speed development cycles, improve code quality, and expand AI adoption.

Teams use Codex with GPT-5.5 to ship production systems and turn research ideas into runnable experiments.

ChatGPT adoption surged in Q1 2026, with fastest growth among users over 35 and more balanced gender usage, signaling broader mainstream AI adoption.

How enterprises scale AI: from early experiments to compounding impact through trust, governance, workflow design, and quality at scale.

Join the OpenAI Campus Network—connect student clubs worldwide, access AI tools, host events, and build an AI-powered campus community.

OpenAI launches DeployCo, a new enterprise deployment company built to help organizations bring frontier AI into production and turn it into measurable business impact.

How OpenAI runs Codex securely with sandboxing, approvals, network policies, and agent-native telemetry to support safe and compliant coding agent adoption.

OpenAI expands Trusted Access for Cyber with GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5-Cyber, helping verified defenders accelerate vulnerability research and protect critical infrastructure.

Parloa leverages OpenAI models to power scalable, voice-driven AI customer service agents, enabling enterprises to design, simulate, and deploy reliable, real-time interactions.

Explore new realtime voice models in the OpenAI API that can reason, translate, and transcribe speech, enabling more natural and intelligent voice experiences.

OpenAI begins testing ads in ChatGPT to support free access, with clear labeling, answer independence, strong privacy protections, and user control.

Introducing Trusted Contact in ChatGPT, an optional safety feature that notifies someone you trust if serious self-harm concerns are detected.

Simplex boosts software development with ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex, reducing design, build, and testing time while scaling AI-driven workflows.

Learn how ChatGPT safeguards your privacy, reduces personal data in training, and gives you control over whether your conversations improve AI models.

Uber uses OpenAI to power AI assistants and voice features that help drivers earn smarter and riders book faster across a global real-time marketplace.

OpenAI’s B2B Signals research shows how frontier enterprises deepen AI adoption, scale Codex-powered agentic workflows, and build durable competitive advantage.

Meet the ChatGPT Futures Class of 2026—26 student innovators using AI to build, research, and drive real-world impact. Discover how this generation is redefining learning, creativity, and opportunity with ChatGPT.

Singular Bank built Singularity, an internal assistant using ChatGPT and Codex to help bankers save 60–90 minutes daily on meeting prep, portfolio analysis, and follow-up.

GPT-5.5 Instant updates ChatGPT’s default model with smarter, more accurate answers, reduced hallucinations, and improved personalization controls.

OpenAI introduces MRC (Multipath Reliable Connection), a new supercomputer networking protocol released via OCP to improve resilience and performance in large-scale AI training clusters.

OpenAI expands ChatGPT ads with a beta self-serve Ads Manager, CPC bidding, and enhanced measurement tools—built to protect privacy and keep conversations separate from ads.

Explore OpenAI’s European Youth Safety Blueprint and EMEA Youth & Wellbeing Grants, advancing safe, responsible AI for teens, families, and educators.

OpenAI and PwC are partnering to help enterprises use AI agents to automate finance workflows, improve forecasting, strengthen controls, and modernize the CFO function.

How OpenAI rebuilt its WebRTC stack to power real-time Voice AI with low latency, global scale, and seamless conversational turn-taking.

Introducing Advanced Account Security: phishing-resistant login, stronger recovery, and enhanced protections to safeguard sensitive data and prevent account takeover.

How goblin outputs spread in AI models: timeline, root cause, and fixes behind personality-driven quirks in GPT-5 behavior.

OpenAI scales Stargate to build the compute infrastructure powering AGI, adding new data center capacity to meet growing AI demand.

OpenAI outlines a five-part action plan for strengthening cybersecurity in the Intelligence Age, focused on democratizing AI-powered cyber defense and protecting critical systems.

OpenAI GPT models, Codex, and Managed Agents are now available on AWS, enabling enterprises to build secure AI in their AWS environments.

Learn how OpenAI protects community safety in ChatGPT through model safeguards, misuse detection, policy enforcement, and collaboration with safety experts.

OpenAI is available at FedRAMP Moderate authorization for ChatGPT Enterprise and the OpenAI API, enabling secure AI adoption for U.S. federal agencies.

OpenAI and Microsoft announce an amended agreement that simplifies the partnership, adds long-term clarity, and supports continued AI innovation at scale.

AI and cloud technology are reshaping every corner of every industry around the world. Without our customers, there would be no Google Cloud, as they are the ones building the future on our platform. In this regular round-up , we dive into some of the exciting projects redefining businesses, shaping industries, and creating new categories. For our latest edition, we explore Uber ’s revamped network with modern edge; smarter, AI-infused site search at Target ; a wicked fast blockchain built by Keeta Network ; HCA Healthcare empowers its nurses with a new AI-powered information portal; Deutche Telecom enhances its data

A year ago today, Google Cloud filed a formal complaint with the European Commission about Microsoft’s anti-competitive cloud licensing practices — specifically those that impose financial penalties on businesses that use Windows Server software on Azure’s biggest competitors. Despite regulatory scrutiny, it’s clear that Microsoft intends to keep its restrictive licensing policies in place for most cloud customers. In fact, it’s getting worse. As part of a recent earnings call, Microsoft disclosed that its efforts to force software customers to use Azure are “not anywhere close to the finish line,” and represented one of three pillars “driving [its] growth.” As

AI and cloud technology are reshaping every corner of every industry around the world. Without our customers, there would be no Google Cloud, as they are the ones building the future on our platform. In this regular round-up , we dive into some of the exciting projects redefining businesses, shaping industries, and creating new categories. For our latest edition, we explore Box’s AI agents extracting insights with cross-platform agent integration; Schroders uses multiple connected agents to build a complex investment research system; Hypros ’ IoT device can monitor patient distress in hospitals without individual monitoring; a Formula E exhibition of

There’s a buzz of excitement here at Tobacco Dock as we welcome our customers and partners to the Google Cloud Summit London. Together, we’re exploring the essential role Google Cloud is playing in driving AI innovation and adoption across the UK. Today is about shining a spotlight on our customers and partners, focusing on the real-world stories of how they are accelerating innovation, realising value, and reshaping entire industries with the powerful combination of AI agents and robust cloud infrastructure. The opportunity ahead is immense. AI is poised to inject more than £400 billion into the UK economy by 2030

AI and cloud technology are reshaping every corner of every industry around the world. Without our customers, there would be no Google Cloud, as they are the ones building the future on our platform. In this monthly round-up, we dive into some of the exciting projects redefining businesses, shaping industries, and creating new categories. For our inaugural edition, we explore Lowe’s new Visual Scout product recommendation engine powered by Vertex AI Vector Search; a responsive “Driver Agent” platform created by Formula E to bring more equity to the track; Ester AI, a conversational tool from wealth.com that can help financial

Week of Dec 16 - Dec 20 Windows Server 2025 is now available on Google Compute Engine. We are excited to announce the general availability of Windows Server 2025 on Google Compute Engine. You can now run Windows Server 2025 Data Center, and Windows Server 2025 Data Center Core editions as well as Windows SQL Server 2022 on Windows Server 2025 with pay-as-you-go licenses. Customers that don’t already have a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement can use the Google Compute Engine’s provided image to take advantage of Google Cloud’s relationships with Microsoft for pay-as-you-go licenses that scale with your workload and offers

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that 2024 was a busy year for Google Cloud. From AI to Zero Trust, and everything in between, here’s a chronological recap of our top blogs of 2024, according to readership. You’ll probably see some favorites on this list, and discover a few that you missed the first time around. January We started the new year strong, removing data transfer fees for anyone moving data off of our platform. Translation: Anyone doing cool things on Google Cloud (like using generative AI to analyze their microservices deployment) is doing it because

Over the past year, the pace of innovation across industries and around the world has been extraordinary. At Google, we're inspired by the public sector’s ingenuity and speed in adopting our AI and security innovations to achieve remarkable outcomes together. Since Google Cloud Next , we've launched more powerful versions of Gemini , rolled out Gemini Flash and Imagen 3 . And we're proud to showcase inspiring examples from the public sector, highlighting how organizations are leveraging generative AI to drive transformative change. From state agencies streamlining citizen services to healthcare providers improving patient outcomes and defense organizations enhancing mission

Editors note, November 28th, 2025: “We filed our antitrust complaint with the European Commission (EC) to give voice to our customers and partners about the issue of anticompetitive cloud licensing practices. Today, we are withdrawing it in light of the recent announcement that the EC will assess problematic practices affecting the cloud sector under a separate process. We stand behind the arguments outlined in the blog below, and we continue to work with policymakers, customers, and regulators across the EU, the UK, and elsewhere to advocate for choice and openness in the cloud market." - Giorgia Abeltino, Head of Government

Want to know the latest from Google Cloud? Find it here in one handy location. Check back regularly for our newest updates, announcements, resources, events, learning opportunities, and more. Tip : Not sure where to find what you’re looking for on the Google Cloud blog? Start here: Google Cloud blog 101: Full list of topics, links, and resources . Week of Dec 10 - Dec 15 Announcing Launch of Cross Cloud Materialized Views : To help customers on their cross-cloud analytics journey, today we are thrilled to announce the public preview of BigQuery Omni cross-cloud materialized views (aka cross-cloud MVs).

To our customers: At Google Cloud, we put your interests first. This means that when you choose to work with us, we become partners on a journey of shared innovation, shared support, and shared fate. We are committed to helping you evolve as technology advances, drawing on our depth of experience to ensure you can use the latest and best technology, while keeping you safe and protected. When it comes to the rapidly developing world of generative AI, this is imperative. Earlier this year, we embedded Duet AI — an always-on AI collaborator — across our products, from Google Workspace

Editor’s note : Jack Ngare is a Technical Director in Google Cloud’s Office of the CTO based in Nairobi, Kenya. A native of Kenya, he worked in telecommunications abroad for 12 years before returning home to work for a large African financial institution and a U.S. technology company. He joined Google Cloud last year with a mission to digitize and modernize Cloud’s global top customers, while simultaneously growing Africa's entrepreneurial technology culture. What is the opportunity you see before you? Working at Google Cloud, I’m able to bring people some of the world's best software and hardware engineering. I also

Editor’s note : Alicia Abella is the Managing Director for Telecommunications Industry Solutions at Google Cloud. The work involves bringing complex, advanced technology to businesses across diverse markets and cultures — from startups in Brazil to North America's largest telecommunications companies. The daughter of immigrants from Cuba, she has a PhD, 29 patents, and extensive experience running teams and working with customers. Did you always see yourself bringing new inventions into the world? No, not at all. I grew up in Queens, New York — the only child of Cuban immigrants. My parents worked hard and saved money so I

We’re excited to share that Gartner has recognized Google as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Conversational AI Platforms, authored by Bern Elliot and Gabriele Rigon. We believe this recognition is a testament to Google Cloud’s robust investments and commitment to innovation in AI, coupled with a deep understanding of enterprise customer needs. Enterprises are increasingly investing in AI-driven solutions that balance addressing customer expectations with operational efficiency. At a time when the demand for quality, performant, and trustworthy conversational AI has never been higher, we’re thrilled to continue to deliver best-in-class technologies, purpose-built to solve

Editor’s Note: José Neto works in Google Cloud's São Paulo office, assisting customers in both hybrid/on-prem cloud computing systems, and modernizing computer applications for the cloud. It's appropriate work; a native of Salvador, Brazil, he's spent decades harmonizing the past and the future, dealing with radical change, and staying comfortable amid uncertainty as he moves forward. What do you think defines how you work? It's the way I look at experience. When I work with a customer, I'm interested in helping them fix a problem or build a new service—it's very personal for me. I love working towards results. I

Welcome back. OpenAI is trying to shape the AI policy conversation before regulators shape it for them, backing new safety bills while positioning itself as a steward of “AI for humanity.” But as AI labs gain more influence, the tension between public good and shareholder pressure is only going to intensify. Meanwhile, Anthropic is betting that small businesses could become one of AI’s biggest growth markets and is offering them ready-made agents and workflows. And as vibe coding accelerates software development, Synthesia shared a practical six-step playbook for protecting AI-generated code before increasingly powerful cyber models turn today’s vibe coding

Welcome back. Hollywood’s AI fight is entering a more practical phase, as new consent tech tries to give creators control before the industry eats itself. In enterprise AI, Celonis is making the case that models do not just need more intelligence, they need business context to decode messy operations and better empower AI agents. And on Android, Google is wisely shifting AI from flashy demos to everyday usefulness, with features built to save small pockets of time across daily tasks. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. New type of model patches AI's big weakness 2. Exclusive: New Android AI

Hello, friends. Welcome to a special edition of The Deep View, featuring an exclusive interview with Google’s product lead for Android on the day it announced Gemini Intelligence on the Android Show 2026. Enjoy! — Jason Hiner Google upgrades Android around everyday AI Android’s latest AI update is less about flashy demos and more about solving everyday problems. In this episode of The Deep View Conversations , senior reporter Sabrina Ortiz sits down with Mindy Brooks, VP of Product at Google, for an exclusive interview on Gemini Intelligence for Android. Brooks explains why Google is focusing its AI strategy on

Welcome back. AI’s layoff narrative is getting louder than the evidence, giving companies a convenient excuse for job cuts that may still have more to do with pandemic overhiring than automation. Our latest podcast looks at why cloud-only AI may not scale, and why the future could run across phones, laptops, and other devices. And Apple gets its next big test on June 8, when its AI reboot could show whether Siri becomes a gateway to simpler, more trusted AI for billions of users. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. How Apple's AI plan could succeed on June 8

Hello, friends. AI’s future may depend less on gigantic cloud models and more on bringing intelligence closer to people on the devices they use every day. In our latest podcast episode, we explore why the next phase of AI could run across laptops, phones, and personal devices, and why affordability, privacy, energy, and trust continue to stand out as some of the industry’s biggest challenges. Thank you to Airia for sponsoring this episode of The Deep View Conversations. — Jason Hiner The coming shift from cloud AI to personal AI What happens when AI moves from cloud-only to running everywhere,

Welcome back. Hollywood’s stance against AI is starting to splinter, as the Oscars and Golden Globes draw different lines around what counts as human creativity in filmmaking. Meanwhile, Adobe Enterprise CMO Rachel Thornton spoke with Sabrina Ortiz about how AI is reshaping marketing discovery and workflows, but not the core principles of good storytelling and customer connection. And inside enterprises, a new management burden is emerging as AI agents move from experiments into critical infrastructure. Managers now have to monitor agent behavior, token costs, security, and quality control alongside human teams. This is putting more pressure than ever on overworked

Hello, friends. Thanks for tuning into this special weekend edition, presented in partnership with Granola . Three months ago, we told you our entire team had switched to Granola. The honest test of any tool isn't whether you adopt it. It's whether you're still using it three months later, or whether it's quietly slipped out of your stack like every other "we'll definitely keep using this" product. We're still using it. Daily. Across every team. How different teams at The Deep View use it (still) The team breakdown still holds three months later, but the workflows have deepened. Partnerships: every

Hello, friends. Most companies talk about being customer-centric. Oura is opening up about how it operationalizes that idea. On May 27, leaders from Oura and Unwrap will explain how member feedback shapes decisions across the company, followed by a live audience Q&A. Thanks for tuning into this special weekend edition, presented in partnership with Unwrap . Let us know what you think! — Jason Hiner ⚡ See how Oura uses AI to listen to their customers What does it actually look like to build a product around your customers, not just say you do? Oura has done it. And on

Welcome back. Though data has always been the backbone of AI, enterprises are still struggling to get a grip on what’s at their disposal. Meanwhile, workforces that are using AI face the challenge of losing certain skills. And as enterprises navigate their own personal AI strategies, Anthropic is navigating how its powerful models could affect society as a whole. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Anthropic growth may outpace risk control 2. AI's cognitive trade-off nobody is talking about 3. Why data is still enterprises’ number one AI pitfall RESEARCH Can Anthropic's safety keep up with scale? Anthropic is

Welcome back. Fearing a domino effect of risks that could result from taking AI out of the pilot phase, enterprises by and large aren’t getting the most out of their models, according to IBM’s CEO. Meanwhile, a new product from Teradata aims to help businesses facing AI chaos by offering a clear, unified picture of their data and models. And as major model providers continue the battle to court enterprise dollars, some have set their sights on a lucrative new group: Financial professionals. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Finance pros become AI's next target 2. Teradata wants to

Welcome back. OpenAI has made an update to the model supporting the ever-popular ChatGPT that it claims mitigates hallucinations, one of AI’s most pressing problems. Meanwhile, IBM is pushing for a future where AI and quantum computing work hand-in-hand to support breakthroughs in biological research and beyond. And in a Deep View exclusive, a coalition of the biggest names in tech have come together to tackle weak links in the AI infrastructure stack. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. OpenAI rewires the path to more compute 2. Quantum, AI spur biological breakthroughs 3. ChatGPT accuracy improves in new model

Welcome back. Today’s issue is about the enterprise AI gap. Everyone can access powerful models now, but few companies have figured out how to turn them into reliable outcomes. That’s why process intelligence matters so much, and why deploying agents without understanding how work actually happens can scale up chaos. OpenAI and Anthropic are pushing beyond just model contests into Wall Street-backed deployment machines, racing to own enterprise relationships before their respective IPOs. And CEOs are feeling the squeeze, with boards demanding measurable AI results while legal, trust, and observability risks slow rollouts. One of AI’s biggest tests of 2026

Hello friends. Enterprise AI is hitting a wall most teams cannot see. This episode of our podcast explains why process intelligence is the missing layer that maps how work happens before agents automate it. The lesson is clear: without that foundation, companies risk scaling inefficiency. Here’s a blueprint for better execution. Thank you to Deel for sponsoring this episode of The Deep View: Conversations. — Jason Hiner Why AI fails without process intelligence In this episode of The Deep View Conversations , we sit down with Alex Rinke, co-founder and co-CEO of Celonis, to unpack one of the most overlooked

Welcome back. We’re looking at new research showing that fine-tuning models for high-stakes fields like law and medicine can weaken safety guardrails in unpredictable ways. Meanwhile, AI search is forcing marketers to rethink how brands get discovered, so we talked with Adobe’s Pat Brown about why the old SEO playbook is breaking. And OpenAI has expanded Codex beyond coding, connecting it to everyday apps and pushing it closer to the desktop superapp we’ve been tracking. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. OpenAI turns Codex into a daily work agent 2. Fine-tuning AI may undo safety guardrails 3. Why AI

Hello, friends. Teams building AI are running into the same problem: they cannot align on what to build until it is visible, and by then, time is lost. Prototyping fixes that. This guide offers a framework to choose where to invest before planning cycles begin. Thanks for tuning into this special weekend edition, presented in partnership with Miro . Let us know what you think! — Jason Hiner The Smartest Way To Approach AI Prototyping If you've ever been part of shipping an AI feature , you've probably hit the same wall most teams hit: Nobody can agree on what