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Helping older adults use AI in everyday life

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In collaboration with OATS, bringing free, hands-on ChatGPT workshops to 1,000 older adults across 10 U.S. cities AI should be useful and accessible to everyone. That means making sure people of every age have the support they need to use these tools to help make everyday life easier. For older adults, that can mean getting help planning a trip, understanding a confusing letter or bill, spotting a possible scam, pursuing a new hobby, or staying connected with family and loved ones. Today, OpenAI Academy, in collaboration with Older Adults Technology…

OpenAI · 16 Sep 2026 · 18:00 CESTRead story →Join free ↗

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New AI technique could make minimally invasive surgeries safer and more precise

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Images for download on the MIT News office website are made available to non-commercial entities, press and the general public under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives license. You may not alter the images provided, other than to crop them to size. A credit line must be used when reproducing images; if one is not provided below, credit the images to "MIT." Researchers created a new technique that accurately and rapidly matches X-rays captured during surgery with a patient’s preoperative 3D medical scan. This method could make it easier…

MIT News · 16 Sep 2026 · 17:00 CESTRead story →Join free ↗

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Reimagining advertising with AI

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Today, we’re introducing new AI-powered experiences to make ads more useful for people and advertising easier for businesses. We’re testing Sponsored Agents, which let people start a conversation with a business-sponsored agent after clicking an ad in ChatGPT. We are making it easier to create ads by simply writing a few prompts in ChatGPT Work. At the same time, we are making Ads Manager more powerful with new AI creative tools. Finally, new integrations with HubSpot, our first CRM partner, and Shopify, our first ecommerce partner, are bringing ChatGPT Ads…

OpenAI · 16 Sep 2026 · 15:00 CESTRead story →Join free ↗

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Hex turns complex analysis into visual reports with GPT‑6 Astra

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GPT‑6 Astra helps Hex’s data agents turn answers into interactive visualizations that employees are proud to share. “A really important part of data work is not just doing the analysis, but also communicating it,” says Caitlin Colgrove, co-founder and CTO of Hex, an agentic data platform. But according to Caitlin, “Models have struggled with data visualization for a really long time.” GPT‑6 Astra changes that. Producing a useful data visualization requires both technical work and choices about how to present the result.

OpenAI · 16 Sep 2026 · 14:00 CESTRead story →Join free ↗

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How workers are unlocking new ways of working

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New OpenAI Economic Research shows how workers use AI to do tasks outside their typical occupation and which new tasks they build into their workflow. Our latest research suggests the importance of how tasks are divided and carried out alongside access to AI tools. These new tasks outside their typical job descriptions become a regular part of how workers use AI. If those activities become regular responsibilities, jobs could broaden even while their titles stay the same. Our first Work at the Frontier report⁠ documented ‘task crossover’: workers using AI…

OpenAI · 16 Sep 2026 · 11:00 CESTRead story →Join free ↗

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MIT spinout turns plastic waste into resilient building materials

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Images for download on the MIT News office website are made available to non-commercial entities, press and the general public under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives license. You may not alter the images provided, other than to crop them to size. A credit line must be used when reproducing images; if one is not provided below, credit the images to "MIT." The world needs more homes. The world also has too much plastic. Perhaps the only thing those two problems have in common is that they’re hard to…

MIT News · 14 Sep 2026 · 06:00 CESTRead story →Join free ↗

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Perplexity trusts GPT-6 Astra with end-to-end systems

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Perplexity uses Astra to write communications, change software, and monitor production systems, and checks in much less frequently than with earlier models. As an AI-powered answer engine, Perplexity is deeply focused on search and accuracy. Its ability to process large amounts of information is critically important. Johnny Ho, Cofounder and Chief Strategy Officer, observes that every time

OpenAI · 14 Sep 2026 · 02:00 CESTRead story →Join free ↗

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Cognition helps Devin test its own work with GPT‑6 Astra

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GPT‑6 Astra improves Devin’s ability to test software and show that it works, with the goal of helping engineers review less code and ship more. Cognition is the company behind Devin, an autonomous software engineer used by businesses around the world, from big banks to tech-native startups. As Cognition’s engineering teams write more code, reviewing that work has become a challenge. Cognition sees GPT‑6 Astra’s ability to test its work and show the results as a way to make code review more

OpenAI · 11 Sep 2026 · 18:00 CESTRead story →Join free ↗

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Lifesaving Lincoln Laboratory device wins 2026 Excellence in Technology Transfer Award

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The Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) selected AI-GUIDE, a medical device developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), for its 2026 Excellence in Technology Transfer Award. This award recognizes federal laboratories and collaborators who have accomplished outstanding work in the process of transferring technology. With funding from the U.S. Army's Combat Casualty Care Research Program (CCC), Lincoln Laboratory and MGH developed AI-GUIDE and are in the process of transferring the prototype to the startup company AutonomUS Medical Technologies, Inc. "This recognition reflects what effective technology transfer looks like…

MIT News · 11 Sep 2026 · 15:45 CESTRead story →Join free ↗

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Rapidly scaling online storage to serve over 1 billion ChatGPT users

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How we adapted our application storage platform, Habitat, in Python to manage unprecedented growth.By Jon Lee, Chaomin Yu, and Ben Ries, Members of Technical Staff Every OpenAI product depends on fast, reliable access to data, whether someone is logging in, checking their Codex settings, or starting a new conversation in ChatGPT. Each of those actions may require many separate data lookups before the product can respond. If those requests are slow, the product feels slow. If those requests fail, the product stops working entirely. Habitat is the online storage platform…

OpenAI · 11 Sep 2026 · 12:00 CESTRead story →Join free ↗

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Now everyone can put data to work

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Meet the new Data agent in ChatGPT Work: turn your company’s data into answers, interactive dashboards, and action, just by asking. People across every business have questions that data can answer. Why did sales slow down? Where is spending rising? Which issues threaten renewals in our largest accounts, and what should we fix first? Getting those answers often means waiting for a report or asking someone else to run the analysis. We’re introducing a new Data agent in ChatGPT Work⁠ to help more people answer those questions themselves. It connects…

OpenAI · 10 Sep 2026 · 17:00 CESTRead story →Join free ↗

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Expanding AI access and cyber defense for federal, state, local, and tribal governments

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A first-of-its-kind agreement will provide free access and 50% off usage for federal, state, local, and tribal governments, alongside expanded support and access for public-sector cyber defenders. America’s public servants, including those on the front lines of cyber defense, should have access to the best AI tools available. Today, OpenAI for Government and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) are announcing a new multi-year agreement that builds on last year’s federal offer. This first-of-its-kind agreement will provide $0 access—normally $15 per user per month—for the license fee and 50% off…

OpenAI · 10 Sep 2026 · 09:00 CESTRead story →Join free ↗