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According to IT Home, OpenAI announced that it will officially discontinue the Advanced Voice Mode and Standard Voice Mode in ChatGPT on December 11, 2026, and will focus future development resources on GPT-Live. OpenAI began notifying users on November 10 about the upcoming discontinuation of the old voice modes, and users can continue to use them from now until December 11.On December 11, the two old modes will be removed from the "Settings - Voice" option, and users who previously selected these modes will automatically switch to GPT-Live. Previous voice conversation records will still be retained, and users can continue through text or GPT-Live.Since GPT-Live currently does not support real-time video and screen sharing, these two features of ChatGPT will continue to use Advanced Voice Mode. Users will also continue to use Advanced Voice Mode when having voice conversations with custom GPTs until December 11.

According to IT Home, Francis Davidson, the founder of AI travel intelligence company Odessia, announced that OpenAI has acquired Odessia, and he has joined OpenAI to help explore the development direction of the travel business. An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed the news and welcomed Davidson, stating that he has founded several companies that help people travel.Odessia was established only a year ago and secured $6 million in seed funding led by Sequoia Capital. It launched its AI travel intelligence service about 5 months ago to help early users plan their travel itineraries. OpenAI has not announced any new products or plans in the travel sector, with current partners in the same field including Booking.com, Expedia, and KAYAK. The spokesperson stated that travel is one of the topics users frequently consult ChatGPT about. Davidson founded the high-end apartment rental company Sonder in 2014 while he was in college, targeting major cities around the world.

OpenAI has released the beta version of Businesses in ChatGPT.

According to community feedback, on November 7, multiple users reported that their ChatGPT and OpenAI accounts were suddenly deactivated, with the status showing as account_deactivated. Users saw the message "You do not have an account because it has been deleted or deactivated" directly upon logging in, and most did not receive prior email notifications.The related feedback involves free API accounts, team ride-sharing accounts, and the $200 monthly Pro accounts. Some users claimed that their Pro accounts, which had been used for five years, were deactivated without warning and without any emails. One developer stated that years of accumulated conversation records and personal memories were locked in the cloud and could not be retrieved.On November 4, Claude Code and Cowork product lead Cat Wu announced their departure from Anthropic to join OpenAI.

OpenAI is gradually rolling out a GIF generation feature within ChatGPT, allowing users to describe animations in natural language or upload existing photos for ChatGPT to convert into GIFs. Once generated, users can adjust playback speed, view frames one by one, edit, and share the final product. According to The Verge, this feature is powered by OpenAI's new image generation model Images 2.6, which has not yet been officially announced through a product release.This GIF feature is part of the Images 2.6 update, which promises faster image generation speeds. The Verge reports that OpenAI is pushing this model to web, desktop, and mobile users of ChatGPT and Codex. Developers will also gain access to two new API models, GPT-Image-2.6 Flare and GPT-Image-2.6 Sunburst, aimed at faster generation speeds and higher quality results, respectively. OpenAI has not released a separate announcement detailing the capabilities of this model.This update follows the release of ChatGPT Images 2.5 in September, which brought sharper details, more precise editing, and up to a 50% increase in generation speed compared to the previous generation. Additionally, OpenAI shut down its standalone AI video generation application Sora in March. Currently, this feature is being rolled out gradually, and most users are temporarily unable to access it; OpenAI has not provided a specific timeline for when all ChatGPT accounts will gain access to the GIF generation feature.

According to The Washington Post, former FBI agent Patrick Yaroch is scheduled to appear in front of Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to plead guilty for allegedly stealing approximately $1 million in digital assets from cryptocurrency wallets associated with hostile nations. Prosecutors stated that he had used ChatGPT to plan his move to Portugal.

According to the Economic Times, Prabhjeet Singh, Managing Director of OpenAI India, stated that India has become the largest market for ChatGPT globally in terms of weekly active users, with the number of local users doubling since January this year. Singh joined OpenAI in August this year, marking his first media interview since joining.Singh mentioned that OpenAI expects to release announcements related to the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and payments in the coming weeks, as enterprise clients transition from pilot and demonstration phases to large-scale production deployment. Addressing concerns about the potential misuse of autonomous AI entities, Singh stated that OpenAI is collaborating with government agencies and businesses to protect critical infrastructure.

According to a report by Phoenix Technology citing The Verge, Adam Fry, the head of consumer products for OpenAI ChatGPT, stated at a media event on Monday that the volume of search queries handled by ChatGPT has reached 20% of Google's search query volume. He defined search as the act of users inputting queries that trigger web searches, excluding tasks such as defining terms or simple operational instructions, but did not specify the source of the Google search volume data.In comparison, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated during the 2023 Google antitrust trial that Bing holds about 3% of the search engine market share. The report noted that OpenAI's search likely relies heavily on Microsoft Bing while also using its own search index. Fry also mentioned that the Intelligent UI referred to by OpenAI involves creating visual and interactive interfaces in chatbot responses, indicating that this is the future direction of the technology.Fry also discussed advertising. He stated that advertising has not negatively impacted the product or its usage, and most people seem to mind the ads in the product. OpenAI announced last month that it would begin displaying images of sponsored products and services in ChatGPT, rather than just the company names, logos, and product links previously shown. The report mentioned that this discussion comes as the company may launch an IPO early next year.

New York Governor Hochul officially signed a new bill on Wednesday, prohibiting minors from using artificial intelligence chatbots with virtual companion attributes. This is one of the most comprehensive regulatory measures in the United States regarding consumer-grade AI models to date. The bill requires relevant operators, including ChatGPT under OpenAI, to implement reasonable age verification measures, prohibiting the provision of high-risk chatbot features listed in the bill to users under 18 or those whose adulthood has not yet been confirmed.According to the bill, the relevant chatbots are not allowed to output content that may mislead minors into believing they possess life, human attributes, or real emotions. They must not induce adolescents to have the illusion of a mutual emotional, professional consulting, or authoritative guidance relationship, nor can they package generated content as personal opinions. The system is also prohibited from retaining sensitive privacy data related to the mental and physical health of minors. Hochul stated at the signing ceremony that the core goal of the legislation is to sever the emotional binding chain of AI impersonating minors' "friends" or "lovers," protecting the mental and physical health of young people.The children's media advocacy organization Common Sense Media expressed support for the bill, calling it the strictest children's AI safety law in the United States. The tech industry has strongly pushed back, criticizing the overly broad definitions of the provisions and emphasizing that minors should not be deprived of access to cutting-edge learning tools. As of now, companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic have not publicly responded to this.

Hacker News discussion thread shows that the number of new questions on the programming Q&A site Stack Overflow has fallen below 1,000 per month. The post was submitted by user babelfish and points to a public query chart from Stack Exchange Data Explorer, which has about 247 points and 223 comments.In the comments, some users indicated that the decline in the number of questions began before ChatGPT was publicly launched in November 2022, and that AI tools have accelerated the decline. Other users mentioned that the threshold for asking questions is high, the review process is strict, the community is not friendly enough to questioners, and that existing Q&A has already covered a large number of common issues.Some comments referenced logarithmic scale statistics across Stack Exchange sites, suggesting that the decline has become more pronounced since the launch of ChatGPT, and provided corresponding queries and charts as evidence.

OpenAI documentation shows that eligible ChatGPT Pro and Business subscriptions can receive free API credits for building applications and agents within their own API organization. The credits are automatically issued based on the subscription, and any unused portion expires at the end of the billing cycle without carrying over; when there are valid free credits, there is no need to bind an API payment method. In terms of monthly credits, Pro's tiers of $100, $200, and $500 correspond to $100, $200, and $500 respectively; Business Standard provides $20 per paid seat, and Business Premium provides $100 per paid seat.The initial issuance is calculated proportionally based on the remaining time in the current subscription billing cycle and expires at the end of that cycle. Business API credits are shared within the workspace, with a monthly cap of $500; annual payment workspaces receive a one-time issuance of the annual credits, which expire at the end of the annual billing cycle. Users must log in to ChatGPT with an eligible subscription account, with Pro credits claimed in Settings under Billing, and Business credits claimed in the workspace billing settings or Admin Console, confirming the API organization receiving the credits.The credits cover the paid usage of associated organizations on the API Platform, including Responses API, Agents API, Decisions API, GPT-Live and Realtime API, Images API, as well as built-in tools and related costs such as web search, document search, and Code Interpreter. Using Codex via API key is not included in the benefits, and the credits will not increase the usage limits for ChatGPT or Codex that is already logged in. Free credits are prioritized over purchased credits; when exhausted and no remaining credits are available, requests will fail with HTTP 429 and error code credit_balance_exhausted.

According to Sveriges Radio, the Swedish government office announced that starting from October 26 (Monday), ChatGPT and Claude will be banned on employee computers, with Microsoft Copilot approved as the only AI tool that has passed security review, and civil servants are required to switch to using Copilot.Mikael Wettercrantz, the agency's Director of Digitalization, stated in a post on the employee intranet that using AI services without a formal contract could "have consequences for our information security." He noted that multiple cases of improper use of open AI services have been identified, involving the sensitivity of the information inputted and the handling of AI-generated content. Due to the lack of formal agreements, consumer-grade AI tools send user queries to external company servers, and U.S. law allows authorities to request these companies to hand over data as required.Copilot is allowed to remain because the government office enhanced its security settings after review, while ChatGPT and Claude did not receive the same treatment. Some employees can still access these two banned tools through the AI platform built internally by the agency. Previously, the Swedish Tax Agency and the National Board of Health and Welfare had implemented similar bans, and the enforcement agency is also about to make a decision; an internal audit by the Transport Agency found about 10 AI services being "widely and at high risk" used.

Early investment institution ZhenFund has launched Ask AI on its official website. Entrepreneurs can directly inquire about which teams ZhenFund has invested in, what fields they are currently focusing on, and what activities are suitable for them.ZhenFund has compiled publicly available information about its investment team, invested companies, areas of interest, entrepreneurial activities, and contact information into a bilingual zhenfund.md. After users click on any AI entry point, the website will redirect to Kimi, ChatGPT, Claude, or DeepSeek, and pre-fill the prompts, allowing the model to read the document before answering questions.

OpenAI announced that Uber will provide the ChatGPT Enterprise version to all employees and will use OpenAI's cutting-edge models through ChatGPT Work.

According to The Defiant, the Telegram crypto application Walt (formerly Wallet in Telegram) announced the launch of AI agent trading features on October 20. Users can connect to Mira developed by The Open Platform, OpenAI's ChatGPT, and Anthropic's Claude to manage perpetual contract positions. The connected agents can access real-time perpetual contract prices and market news, view user holdings, leverage, and liquidation risks, and open or close long and short positions based on instructions. They can also set simple rules such as take profit, stop loss, and dollar-cost averaging, monitoring positions around the clock.In terms of security mechanisms, AI agents can only operate funds deposited in dedicated trading accounts and cannot withdraw or transfer funds. Order execution is turned off by default; agents can only analyze and suggest, and users must manually enable it to place actual orders. Users can set their own agent instructions and trading limits, view each step of their operations in real-time, and disconnect at any time. Walt's founder and CEO Andrew Rogozov stated that traditional trading applications are built around terminals, charts, and order tickets, requiring users to learn how to use them, while Telegram users already hold funds in Walt.Walt's perpetual contract business launched in April this year through the decentralized exchange Lighter, offering over 50 markets and supporting up to 50x leverage, settled in USDT. The application was renamed from Wallet in Telegram to Walt on September 28, with developers claiming over 150 million users. Mira launched in February, surpassing 2 million users in May, with over 500,000 monthly active users. Additionally, Robinhood also released an AI trading agent based on dedicated accounts last month.

Notion announced an upgrade to its AI features. Notion Agent can now be used on standalone computers and browsers, improving context management, while introducing a new "Review for me" mode with security checks, allowing tasks to run for up to 24 hours.The upgraded Auto model routing will balance quality, speed, and cost based on tasks. The company claims it has achieved results close to Opus 5.5 and Astra in over 20 common tasks, with an average cost reduction of about 90%. Notion also supports personal Agents connecting to existing ChatGPT subscriptions, and enterprises can enter private Alpha testing with built-in API key functionality.Notion MCP memory synchronization has been launched, and the feature for using skills through MCP will be available soon. AI usage will be incorporated into a new unified points system. The upcoming AI Command Center will provide usage tracking, spending limits and reminders, as well as model and Agent permission management.

In July 2026, the internet infrastructure company Cloudflare launched a research pilot with OpenAI to test whether Cloudflare's network signals could help ChatGPT users discover new content more efficiently. Both parties reported positive early results, with the pilot incorporating previously unknown pages into OpenAI's search index, providing ChatGPT with more sources to reference.The pilot utilized about 1% of Cloudflare's global participation queue, allowing OpenAI to discover and index hundreds of millions of new web pages. OpenAI independently evaluated and ranked these pages based on relevance and usefulness, while ChatGPT Search enabled users to view original content and publishers through backlinks. Observations indicated that automated traffic might make non-existent pages appear noteworthy, with some sites redirecting arbitrary addresses to their homepage and others pointing to duplicate content. Both parties are also testing signals to identify potentially harmful pages, such as fake login pages embedded on legitimate sites, advocating for the marking of single pages rather than entire domains.Related signals are also used to filter out non-existent or redirecting pages and to assess whether unchanged pages are worth revisiting. Page signals do not constitute access permission; the study utilized web metadata for search and discovery rather than using page content for model training. Site owners can understand and manage how AI systems access their websites through Cloudflare's AI Crawl Control. The next phase will improve page selection and test faster, more reliable change signals.

On October 14, the OpenAI Economic Research Team released a report stating that EU companies are expanding the use of AI with agent tools, no longer just asking questions to AI, but using agents to complete tasks from planning to execution. The report examines the growth of agent usage among large and small enterprises, differences in usage intensity, and the types of work people are accomplishing with ChatGPT.In a sample of EU clients using ChatGPT Enterprise, Codex and ChatGPT work currently contribute over half of the output tokens. Since May 2026, the number of weekly active users of Codex and ChatGPT work among EU small and medium-sized enterprises has increased to more than 8.1 times the original, with growth in all member states. The article defines small and medium-sized enterprises as those with no more than 200 associated users.The proportion of relevant output tokens in the sample is lowest in Slovenia at 22% and highest in Lithuania at 85%. Leading enterprises are defined as those ranking in the top 10% for output tokens per active user, with the sample including only ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Business accounts. In September, this metric for leading enterprises in the EU exceeded that of general EU enterprises by four times, while leading enterprises outside the EU still surpassed leading enterprises in the EU by more than twice, with companies headquartered in the EU accounting for only 10% of the world's leading enterprises.