OpenAI

Small businesses are building their futures with AI. They’re turning ideas into products and services, reaching and supporting customers in new ways, and creating systems that help small teams grow. According to OpenAI’s privacy-preserving analysis, 4.5 million U.S. users are starting and growing businesses with OpenAI tools every week. With more capacity to experiment, solve problems, and move ideas forward, entrepreneurs can build from wherever they are. When powerful tools become more accessible, more people can turn their ideas into something real.

Today, we’re lowering GPT-5.6 Luna’s input and output token prices by 80% and GPT-5.6 Terra’s by 20%. At its new price, Luna makes high-volume, tool-using, multi-step work far more cost-effective to run. With GPT-5.6 Luna, intelligence that was frontier-class a year ago now costs about 6 cents on the dollar per task at nearly 9 times the speed. The gains span the model, inference stack, and agentic harness. By improving how requests are routed, tokens are generated, tools are used, and context is managed, we can deliver more intelligence per dollar. Fast mode is also available for GPT-5.6 Sol in the API, offering up to 2.5x the speed of Standard processing at 2x the Standard price, with no change in intelligence. https://lnkd.in/d9DRXjWg

We’re giving scientists, mathematicians, and engineers free access to our frontier models—starting with 10,000 researchers and expanding to 100,000 through 2027. ChatGPT for Academic researchers is built to accelerate discovery across disciplines. We believe the benefits of frontier AI should not be concentrated in a few companies and well-resourced labs. Researchers know their fields best. Our role is to put powerful tools in their hands and help accelerate their work. The program will help researchers take on the hardest problems, accelerate discovery, and improve productivity across their work, from preparing grant applications to testing hypotheses. Participants will receive access to our frontier models, including our GPT-5.6 family of models. Each workspace includes business-grade privacy and security protections. Researcher data is not used to train our models by default, and participants can invite up to four collaborators. The program also includes training, hands-on support, and opportunities to learn from other researchers. https://lnkd.in/gda-QiQ5

The OpenAI Student Collective is now accepting applications! We’re searching for students from around the world who are excited to bring their peers together to grow their confidence with ChatGPT and Codex and build ambitious projects. Our team will work closely with each Campus Lead, offering them robust training in our tools, funding, swag, and access to a community of remarkable peers. Apply by August 10: https://lnkd.in/eR6u3dkw

IT admins have made every era of computing work. Now, you are at the center of how your organization puts AI to work. With that responsibility come new questions about access, governance, and control. How you answer them will shape how your company adopts AI, how people use it, and the value you make possible. A note to IT admins from Kunal Malik, OpenAI’s Head of Global IT: No one is better prepared for this moment.

At a small business, the person closest to a problem is often the one who has to solve it—even when it falls outside their job description. New OpenAI Economic Research suggests AI may be helping people in smaller workplaces cross traditional job boundaries and take on a wider range of tasks. A small-business owner can draft marketing copy, review a contract, or perform basic financial analysis. Work that might require a handoff at a larger organization can often move forward with the person who encountered the need. AI doesn’t make everyone an expert in everything. But it can be a powerful generalist tool for small teams—helping them do more across functions while keeping specialist review and accountability where they matter. Read the first report in our new Work at the Frontier series: https://lnkd.in/gf_yx4rX

Over the past year, we’ve continued working with news organizations to explore how AI can be most useful—helping with time-consuming tasks, enabling new reader experiences, and supporting stronger, more sustainable businesses. From helping journalists work with information to building new experiences for readers, these organizations are finding practical ways to use AI across their work. Read how news organizations, in their own words, are using AI to strengthen journalism and the businesses that sustain it: https://lnkd.in/e9V9enXc

If you’re an IT admin, this one’s for you. If you’re not, send it to your IT admin. ChatGPT Work is rolling out now to Enterprise customers across web, mobile, and the desktop app, and admins are key to turning the promise of AI into something people can use securely, responsibly, and with confidence. We built ChatGPT Work with admins in mind, giving you the controls to set clear guardrails, help teams build good habits, and expand access responsibly. Hear from our Head of IT, Kunal Malik, then tell us: What would help you bring AI to more of your organization with confidence?

Health in ChatGPT is starting to roll out to U.S. users. You can securely connect Apple Health and supported medical records to understand your information in context, track what has changed, and have more informed conversations. We built this experience based on feedback from early testers and physicians. With your permission, ChatGPT can use relevant context you’ve connected in Health across your conversations — to help you compare a new result with prior tests, summarize changes since your last appointment, or explore how your sleep and activity relate. Connected medical records and Apple Health information are not used to train foundation models or target ads. In the sidebar, Health is your home base for connecting and managing information, browsing records, and revisiting health chats. https://lnkd.in/erryFG-N