Releasesby GlyphCommunity safety report and new protections for teens
OpenAI is implementing expanded violence prevention safeguards and earlier interventions in ChatGPT to improve safety for teen users.
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Microsoft Graph Logs connector is available in Beta
The Microsoft Graph Logs connector is now in beta for Databricks Lakeflow Connect, supporting incremental ingestion of security alerts from Microsoft security products.
Hybrid table support for Google Cloud (Preview)
Snowflake hybrid tables are now supported in all Google Cloud commercial regions in preview.
External OAuth for Snowflake Postgres (General availability)
External OAuth for Snowflake Postgres is now generally available, allowing authentication via external identity providers.
Spanner supports equality and ordering comparisons on JSONB and JSON values
Spanner now allows equality and ordering comparisons on JSONB and JSON values directly in GROUP_BY and ORDER BY clauses. It also supports implicit type coercion and search indexes for JSON equality operations.
[In preview] Public Preview: Support database-level managed identity (including FIC) in Create Database Scoped Credential T-SQL
Users can now assign a user-assigned managed identity to individual databases in Azure SQL Database. This enables secure access to files in Azure Blob Storage and Data Lake Storage Gen2 via external tables and OPENROWSET.
Inference request metadata logging (GA)
Inference request metadata logging is now generally available for Gemini and Claude models. It records model usage, latency, and error codes without capturing prompt or response content.
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Making it easier for websites to express AI training preferences
OpenAI now honors a shared robots.txt signal, allowing website operators to communicate their AI training preferences to participating providers.
An updated Model Spec for more capable and beneficial AI
OpenAI released an updated Model Spec defining five core values to guide AI judgment, human agency, and faithfulness to human intent.
Introducing GPT-6.1 Terra
OpenAI introduced GPT-6.1 Terra, a model designed to provide fast computer use capabilities.
OpenAI models are coming to Google Cloud
OpenAI frontier models and Codex workflows are now available in Google Cloud's Model Garden via the Google Cloud Marketplace.
ChatGPT Ads expands to 26 new countries as over 100,000 advertisers have used the platform
ChatGPT Ads is now available in 26 additional countries, allowing advertisers to reach users during product discovery and research.
Bringing GPT-Rosalind to academic research labs
OpenAI launched the Rosalind Academic Plan to provide eligible academic research labs with sponsored access to GPT-Rosalind and life sciences research tools.
Helping teens learn, plan, and shape the future of AI
OpenAI is launching College Planner for ChatGPT for Teens to help students manage college applications. The update also introduces new flashcards, quizzes, and a teen AI council.
GPT-6 and Intelligent UI for everyone
OpenAI is rolling out GPT-6 globally in ChatGPT alongside Intelligent UI. The update delivers faster responses with visuals and interactive experiences.