The move comes after Simo took significant medical leave. She will stay on as a part-time adviser. OpenAI's chief executive of AGI deployment, Fidji Simo, is leaving her full-time role at the company and transitioning to become a part-time adviser. The move comes after Simo took a monthslong medical leave due to a worsening neuroimmune condition. "Three months ago, I had to go on medical leave after a severe exacerbation of a chronic illness I've lived with for seven years," Simo wrote in a post Thursday on X. "During that time, it became clear that the road to recovery would be much longer and more complex than I had anticipated--and that I needed to focus on it fully."

The company's long-awaited super app is here. Since the start of March, OpenAI has been publicly working on a desktop super app designed to bring together ChatGPT, its Codex coding agent and Atlas web browser under one roof. In April, the company began laying the groundwork for that project, and now it's taking its biggest step toward realizing that vision with the release of ChatGPT Work . OpenAI describes its latest offering as something of a general purpose productivity agent. Where Codex was designed primarily for coding projects, OpenAI says Work is here to help people with some of their most ambitious tasks.

PCWorld reports the new ChatGPT app launches for Mac with Windows version coming soon, featuring GPT-5.6 models and enhanced capabilities. The superapp introduces ChatGPT Work agent for complex projects, browser tabs, web publishing through'Sites' feature, and PC control functionality. GPT-5.6 offers three performance tiers (Sol, Terra, Luna) with access levels varying by subscription plan, targeting Claude Desktop's market position.

The AI firm Anthropic has developed a technique that has given it the clearest glimpse yet at what's really going on inside large language models as they answer questions or carry out tasks. What they found ranges from the mundane to the unnerving. Researchers at the company built a tool called the Jacobian lens (or J-lens) and used it to uncover a hidden area, which they named the J-space, inside Claude Opus 4.6, a version of Anthropic's flagship LLM released in February.

Silicon Valley is making a show of helping prepare the country for AI layoffs. In late March, I started receiving daily texts from the federal government about AI. " AI is changing how we work and live," one message read. "You might feel curious, skeptical, or unsure--that's normal." I had enrolled in an AI-literacy course from the Labor Department created to help workers succeed in the ChatGPT economy. The weeklong program, created in partnership with an AI start-up and delivered by text message, was supposed to equip Americans with "foundational AI skills," according to an agency press release.

OpenAI released its latest advanced AI model, called ChatGPT 5.6. OpenAI released its latest advanced AI model, called ChatGPT 5.6. Staggered release of ChatGPT 5.6 follows similar restrictions on rival firm Anthropic's latest AI models OpenAI released its latest advanced AI model, called ChatGPT 5.6, on Thursday after earlier delaying the public rollout over US government concerns about cybersecurity. The Trump administration had requested last month that OpenAI limit the release to a small group of government-approved users. OpenAI complied with the White House's request last month.

Claude subscribers must soon pay usage-based fees to access Anthropic's best consumer AI model--a sign that the golden era of AI subscriptions is ending. AI model developers have long offered consumers a simple deal: Use our technology for free through an online chatbot, or pay a monthly subscription to receive more usage, premium features, and advanced models. Anthropic is about to make that bargain a lot more complicated. Starting on July 12 at 11:59PM PT, subscribers to Anthropic's $20, $100, and $200-a-month plans will need to pay additional usage-based fees to access Claude Fable 5, the consumer version of the company's highly capable Mythos 5 AI model . This appears to be the first time a frontier AI lab has gated a consumer AI model behind usage-based billing.

PCWorld reports that OpenAI is rolling out GPT-Live, a new full-duplex voice mode for ChatGPT that enables simultaneous listening and talking. This upgrade eliminates the awkward turn-based conversations of previous AI voice assistants while conducting web searches during conversation. GPT-Live is available to all ChatGPT users including free accounts, promising more natural and fluid AI voice interactions. AI voice modes are so bad that I typically don't bother. Up to now, the voice modes for ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini have had to take turns as they listen and talk, making for herky-jerky conversations with lengthy diatribes punctuated by abrupt interruptions.

ChatGPT's new voice mode will slow down if you tell it to ChatGPT's new voice mode will slow down if you tell it to It will also acknowledge you as you speak. OpenAI is releasing two new voice models today called GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini the company says bring major enhancements to ChatGPT's voice functionality. You may recall the company launched Advanced Voice Mode in the summer of 2024 . On release, the feature was impressive and felt like a major upgrade over legacy voice assistants like Siri and Alexa, but over time its limitations began to feel more pronounced. Specifically, Advanced Voice Mode employed what OpenAI describes as a turn-based voice model, which functions exactly like it sounds.

'What if it's the mess in therapy that is its most prized possession?' 'What if it's the mess in therapy that is its most prized possession?' My patients use ChatGPT for therapy. "Chat told me I should break up with him." I instructed my face to remain therapist-neutral, but I must have smirked. The truth is, I was annoyed. We had been discussing the viability of this relationship for weeks, and in an instant AI had brought the answer.