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OpenAI plans to acquire Ona to expand Codex with secure, persistent cloud environments, enabling long-running AI agents across enterprise workflows.

Discover how astrophysicist Chi-kwan Chan uses Codex to build black hole simulations, helping scientists study extreme physics and test Einstein’s theory of general relativity.

Access OpenAI models and Codex through Oracle Cloud, using existing commitments to build and deploy AI with enterprise security and governance.

A new report from OpenAI details PRC-linked influence operations using AI to target U.S. tech debates, data center narratives, tariffs, and false claims about ChatGPT.

See how LSEG uses OpenAI to scale trusted AI across its global business, accelerating insights, shrinking release cycles, and empowering 4,000 employees.

How engineers at Nextdoor use Codex with GPT-5.5 to investigate hard-to-reproduce issues, build across platforms, and focus on product outcomes.

How Notion uses Codex to one-shot specs, build AI Voice Input for the web, and multiply engineering power across small teams.

Explore our ambitious, people-first industrial policy ideas for the AI era—focused on expanding opportunity, sharing prosperity, and building resilient institutions as advanced intelligence evolves.

OpenAI confirms a confidential S-1 submission to the SEC and has not yet determined timing for further action.

A vision for the future of AI, focusing on access, safety, and shared prosperity as OpenAI works to ensure AGI benefits everyone.

OpenAI launches the Economic Research Exchange to study AI’s impact on jobs, productivity, and the economy. Applications are now open for selected research projects.

Learn how Endava is using AI agents, ChatGPT Enterprise, and Codex to accelerate software delivery, automate workflows, and build an AI-native culture across the enterprise.

ChatGPT introduces a new memory system to better remember preferences, keeping context fresh and relevant across conversations.

An action plan for AI-powered biological resilience

GPT-Rosalind advances life sciences research with enhanced biological reasoning, medicinal chemistry expertise, genomics analysis, and experimental workflow capabilities.

See how Wasmer used Codex with GPT-5.5 to build a Node.js runtime for the edge, accelerating development 10x to 20x and shipping in weeks instead of months.

OpenAI outlines a blueprint for U.S. governance of frontier AI, proposing a federal framework for safety, resilience, and national security.

OpenAI outlines its public policy agenda for AI, including safety, youth protection, workforce transition, and global standards to ensure AI benefits society.

Travelers built an AI-powered Claim Assistant with OpenAI to guide customers through filing claims, provide 24/7 support, and scale operations during peak demand.

Discover new Codex plugins, sites, and annotations that help analysts, marketers, designers, investors, and other teams get more done with AI.

OpenAI calls for global action on youth AI safety, proposing an international institute to strengthen safeguards, standards, and opportunities for young people.

The Next Era of Knowledge Work report explores how Codex is transforming productivity through AI-powered research, data analysis, workflow automation, and content creation.

Our approach to AI policy and political advocacy, transparency, support for thoughtful regulation and AI safety, and that no outside political group speaks on the company’s behalf.

OpenAI breaks ground on a 1GW data center project in Michigan as part of Stargate, building AI infrastructure to expand access, create jobs, and support communities.

OpenAI frontier models and Codex are now generally available on AWS, giving enterprises a new path to build with OpenAI through the AWS environments, controls, and procurement workflows they already use. Customers can get started with OpenAI on AWS and move faster from evaluation to production.

Boston Children’s Hospital uses OpenAI technology to improve patient care, reduce operational burden, and help diagnose more than 40 rare disease cases.

How Braintrust engineers use Codex with GPT-5.5 to run experiments and code faster.

OpenAI launches Rosalind Biodefense, expanding trusted access to GPT-Rosalind for vetted developers and U.S. government partners advancing biodefense, public health, and pandemic preparedness through frontier AI.

OpenAI shares guidance on third-party AI evaluations, covering how to assess model capabilities, safeguards, and validity for frontier systems.

Learn how Endava uses Codex to build an agentic organization, accelerating software delivery and reducing requirements analysis from weeks to hours.

Explore OpenAI’s Frontier Governance Framework and how our AI safety, security, and risk practices align with emerging EU and California regulations.

MUFG uses ChatGPT Enterprise to build an AI-native organization, improve workflows, and deliver new AI-powered financial services at scale.

Cisco and OpenAI are redefining enterprise engineering with Codex, helping Cisco scale AI-native development, accelerate AI Defense work, and automate defect remediation.

See how OpenAI, Thrive, and Crete built a self-improving tax agent with Codex, automating filings, improving accuracy, and accelerating workflows.

Ahead of global elections, we’re helping people access information, supporting cyber defenders, and increasing AI transparency

Warp uses GPT-5.5 and OpenAI models to coordinate coding agents across local, cloud, and open-source development workflows.

OpenAI partners with Grupo Folha and Grupo UOL to bring trusted Brazilian journalism to ChatGPT, expanding access to news with attribution and transparency.

OpenAI is named a leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise AI Coding Agents, with Codex recognized for innovation and enterprise-scale deployment.

How Virgin Atlantic used Codex to ship its revamped mobile app on a fixed holiday travel deadline, reaching near-total unit test coverage and zero P1 defects.

AdventHealth is using ChatGPT for Healthcare to streamline workflows, reduce administrative burden, and return more time to patient care.

How Ramp engineers use Codex with GPT-5.5 to review code and ship improvements, allowing them to get substantive feedback in minutes instead of hours.

OpenAI advances Education for Countries, expanding AI adoption in schools with new partnerships, teacher training, and tools to improve global learning outcomes.

An OpenAI model solved the 80-year-old unit distance problem, disproving a major conjecture in discrete geometry and marking a milestone in AI-driven mathematics.

OpenAI for Singapore launches a multi-year AI partnership to expand deployment, build local talent, and support businesses and public services with AI.

OpenAI advances AI content provenance with Content Credentials, SynthID, and a verification tool to help people identify and trust AI-generated media.

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. A fascinating project powered by OpenAI forward-deployed engineers offers a glimpse of what may come after today's AI agents: systems that learn from their mistakes and steadily improve their own workflows. We also examine how physical AI is moving from sci-fi to the next platform race, and the stakes are bigger than robots that can fold laundry. And at WWDC 2026 on Monday, Apple gets another chance to prove it can reimagine Siri for the age of generative AI. The bigger question is whether Apple will catch up or differentiate. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. 4

Welcome back. Apple’s App Store numbers show how quickly AI is driving faster growth and real spending, with AI-powered titles now making up more than 40% of the top 100 apps. In the enterprise, Microsoft and Snowflake both made a strong case at their flagship conferences that trust and simplicity will decide how widely agents get adopted. And in our latest Deep View Conversations episode, Airbnb CTO Ahmad Al-Dahle makes a deeper point: The goal of AI shouldn’t be spending even more time on devices, but enabling stronger human connections. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. AI's real question

Welcome back. While Anthropic warned that self-improving AI could arrive sooner than expected, its call for caution sits uneasily alongside its aggressive push to build ever more powerful systems and launch its IPO. Meanwhile, Microsoft and Snowflake signaled that enterprises are shifting from AI exuberance to AI efficiency, focusing less on consuming tokens and more on proving ROI. And OpenAI’s decision to fold Codex into ChatGPT may be one of its smartest product moves yet, turning a powerful developer tool into an agent platform that can automate tasks for anyone from inside ChatGPT. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1.

Welcome back. Google’s Logan Kilpatrick argues that developers need to keep resetting their ambitions as AI advances. He believes the day is coming when you'll be able to turn prompts into real businesses. Meanwhile, OpenAI is trying to position itself as the adult in the room, backing Washington’s new AI guardrails while arguing that checks on frontier models should be mandatory and run by civilian agencies. Apple’s AI future may have less to do with Siri than the hardware underneath it. In an exclusive interview with The Deep View, Apple described how years of investment in Apple silicon have positioned

Welcome back. Microsoft is trying to make agents enterprise-ready by leaning into its biggest advantages: distribution, security, and control. That matters because agents are only useful at work if companies can trust them. Snowflake addresses the same problem at the data layer, giving businesses more context and governance without adding additional infrastructure. And OpenAI is pushing Codex beyond developers with role-based plug-ins that make it feel less like a coding tool and more like a practical work assistant. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. OpenAI makes 3 big moves to broaden Codex's appeal 2. Microsoft seizes AI opportunity in

Welcome back. Nvidia’s latest push into physical AI shows where robots are headed. With Cosmos 3, the company is tackling one of robotics’ hardest problems: helping machines generalize beyond the scenarios they were trained on. Meanwhile, Gusto is bringing AI agents to a market that has largely been left behind. Its new Cofounder product gives small businesses a practical way to automate payroll, reporting, and operations. And next week’s WWDC will be Apple’s most critical AI moment yet. The extent of Siri's transformation will determine a lot about Apple's role in the AI era. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER

Welcome back. TwelveLabs offers a smart counterpoint to AI slop with Rodeo, a tool that helps creators edit real footage faster instead of generating more synthetic content. ChatGPT may still look like a chatbot, but OpenAI’s design chief says the future is more proactive, ambient, and deeply shaped by human judgment. Meanwhile, Nvidia’s Computex announcements made one thing very clear: the GPU giant is now pushing across the full AI stack, including a Vera CPU built for the agent era. This is the Nvidia we should expect to see going forward. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Nvidia bets

Welcome back. The AI buildout is accelerating, even as enterprise ROI remains a moving target. IDC sees infrastructure spending growing to $1 trillion by 2029, with agents pushing companies from pilots into real workflow transformations. But that future also raises the stakes on safety, as a groundbreaking TELUS Digital benchmark shows models can still be pushed into unsafe behavior, especially around cybersecurity, privacy and fraud. Meanwhile, Anthropic’s Opus 4.8 points to a different kind of progress: not just faster or smarter AI, but models that are more willing to admit what they don’t know. And Anthropic just raised a cool

Welcome back. Today, we’re looking at Mistral’s push into industrial engineering, where robotics, physical AI and data sovereignty are becoming a sharper enterprise advantage. We’re also tracking why AI safety and security benchmarks still lag behind real-world threats, as Cisco research shows multi-turn attacks can expose risks the standard benchmarks miss. And OpenAI’s foundation is putting $250 million behind a harder question: how to prepare workers, institutions and governments for economic disruption before the backlash turns into a crisis. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. OpenAI prepares for AI’s economic shock 2. New Cisco research challenges AI safety benchmark

Welcome back. Hollywood may be reaching a turning point where AI video is no longer judged by its technology, but by the quality of the storytelling. Meanwhile, federal agencies are monitoring rising anti-AI extremism tied to fears over job loss, data centers, and resentment around forced adoption. And one of the most overlooked announcements from Google I/O could end up being one of the most important: Gemini for Science. This set of tools is designed to accelerate research and give scientists an AI agent lab partner. In some cases, it's helping take shrink research timelines from months or years down

Welcome back. Google’s new AI glasses show how the next wave of AI hardware may succeed by being subtle, lightweight, and tightly connected to the smartphone already in your pocket. Meanwhile, OpenAI revealed details to The Deep View about how ChatGPT’s personality is designed, tuned, and personalized, indicating how human preferences are becoming a critical aspect of AI product design. And in the week’s biggest surprise, Pope Leo XIV delivered a sweeping set of AI recommendations that were more technically informed and more prescriptive than many expected, calling for safeguards around truth, human dignity, children, and the concentration of power.

Welcome back. On The Deep View Conversations, I talked with Lambda’s Robert Brooks IV about how the AI race over compute and infrastructure is shaping up. Nat Rubio-Licht reports on a troubling workplace trend where employees exaggerate their AI skills while quietly resisting the technology out of fear and anxiety about job loss. And after getting burned by a Google I/O traffic snarl, I share a reality check on where robotaxis still fall short of human drivers, especially in chaotic situations that demand improvisation, judgment, and common sense. AI keeps advancing, but the human factors still don't get talked about

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. Airbnb offered a welcome reminder that AI works best when it solves concrete problems, even if the improvements are incremental. Spotify, meanwhile, is trying to bring AI deeper into music and podcasts without losing the trust of the artists and creators who make its business possible. And California is trying to get ahead of AI’s coming shock to the workforce before it hits harder. Still, the state most familiar with tech’s consequences may be stuck playing catch-up. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. In defying AI job loss, California faces long odds 2. Why AI needs less

Welcome back. Microsoft’s decision to open-source its agent security tools is a signal that the industry recognizes agents are moving faster than safeguards. Figma is taking a smarter path by putting agents inside designers’ existing workflows, rather than treating AI as another chat box. And Google’s latest Search overhaul shows how quickly AI is being pushed into products that billions already trust. That reach is Google’s advantage, but it will also create potential problems when AI-generated answers blur the line between useful information and unreliable responses. All in all, AI is clearly becoming much more embedded. — Jason Hiner IN