Added native Decisions integration in GPT-Live
UpdateyesterdayUnverifiedAdded Oct 16, 2026
Added native Decisions integration in GPT-Live. Your app can act while your user is speaking or react to what Live says. Let Live call Decisions directly through native delegation, or trigger decisions as input or output transcript deltas arrive.
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Every OpenAI API releaseAdded Ultrafast mode for GPT-6.1 Sol in the Responses API
Added Ultrafast mode for GPT-6.1 Sol in the Responses API. Use gpt-6.1-sol with service_tier: "ultrafast" to reduce the time between generated output tokens. It is available to all API users, subject to rate limits, with global processing and US and EU data residency. See Ultrafast pricing.
Updated the chat-latest snapshot, which points to the latest model available in ChatGPT for Plus, Pro
Updated the chat-latest snapshot, which points to the latest model available in ChatGPT for Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise users. We recommend leveraging the GPT-6 model family for production API usage, but feel free to use this model to test the latest improvements for chat use cases. The underlying model snapshot will be regularly updated.
Released the Decisions API in beta with gpt-6-luna
Released the Decisions API in beta with gpt-6-luna. Turn text and images into typed answers 10x faster than the Responses API.
Simplified API usage tiers from five to three: Build, Launch, and Grow
Simplified API usage tiers from five to three: Build, Launch, and Grow. Organizations automatically upgrade as total credit purchases reach tier minimums. See usage tiers for monthly usage limits and how to view rate limits for each model.
Added an in-product flow for HIPAA compliance support in API Organization settings > General
Added an in-product flow for HIPAA compliance support in API Organization settings > General. Admins of eligible organizations can now accept the standard Business Associate Agreement (BAA) and enable HIPAA compliance support for their organization. See the Help Center for eligibility, covered services, and configuration requirements.
Added computer use to the Agents API
Added computer use to the Agents API. Agents can complete tasks in an OpenAI-hosted browser, with website access approvals and sign-in handled by your application.
Released GPT-6.1 Sol (gpt-6.1-sol) for complex coding and professional work at a lower cost than GPT-6 Astra
Released GPT-6.1 Sol (gpt-6.1-sol) for complex coding and professional work at a lower cost than GPT-6 Astra. Standard pricing per 1M tokens for prompts with up to 272K input tokens is $2 input, $0.10 cached input, $2.50 cache write, and $10 output. GPT-6.1 Sol also supports Multi-agent in beta.
Added Ultrafast mode for GPT-6 Astra in the Responses API
Added Ultrafast mode for GPT-6 Astra in the Responses API. Use gpt-6-astra with service_tier: "ultrafast" to reduce the time between generated output tokens. It is available to API customers, subject to rate limits, with global processing and US data residency. EU and other regional inference residency aren't supported. See Ultrafast pricing.
Also shipped on Oct 15, 2026
OpenAI in October 2026Checkout footer visibility now applies to merchant-configurable content
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You can copy tables across regions
You can copy tables across regions . This feature is now generally available (GA).
You can now use column aliases in GoogleSQL
You can now use column aliases in GoogleSQL. This feature lets you define an alias for an expression in the SELECT clause of a SQL query and immediately reference that alias within the same SELECT list or in the WHERE clause of the same query block.
You can export a conversational analytics agent's answer , including text, visualizations, tables, and...
You can export a conversational analytics agent's answer , including text, visualizations, tables, and citations, to a PDF or CSV file. This feature is generally available (GA).
ADBC driver for Power BI is now generally available
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Gemini Enterprise: Anthropic models are available in the Gemini Enterprise app
Administrators can make Anthropic models, Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5.5, available to users in the Gemini Enterprise app. After an administrator turns on a model in the Enable third-party models section of the Feature Management tab, users can select the model in the model selector.