Eight US states are suing OpenAI over claims ChatGPT harms children, and Florida's attorney general is seeking a court order to halt new model development until independent safety oversight exists. OpenAI is testing image ads in ChatGPT from late October 2026.
OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT into new formats and new customers while defending it in court. On October 6, 2026, the company said it would begin testing ads with images in ChatGPT in the United States from late October 2026, shown while the system generates images and labeled as ads. OpenAI also outlined ad policies that evaluate whether a conversation is suitable for ad display. The same month, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed for a temporary injunction against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, seeking a court order to halt development of new AI models until an independent safety oversight system is established. Eight US states, including Iowa and Kansas, filed a lawsuit on October 14 claiming ChatGPT harms children. OpenAI says its products include age-appropriate protective features and has not commented on the Florida injunction.
The product line has widened through 2026. ChatGPT Work launched in July 2026, and in September OpenAI added Data agent for ChatGPT Work to connect corporate data sources including Snowflake and Google BigQuery. ChatGPT for Financial Services pairs company-hosted financial data with the GPT-6 Astra model and is limited to eligible financial institutions. A ChatGPT plugin for Apple's Messages app lets users organize, analyze, edit, send, and delete messages from the ChatGPT interface. The ChatGPT desktop app arrived on Linux as a preview on August 11, 2026.
Safety features have been tailored by age. ChatGPT for Teens, for users aged 13 to 17, launched with a learning mode and parental controls including Quiet hours and notifications for dangerous content. On privacy, OpenAI runs Project Lily, in which several hundred contract staff read real user conversations and evaluate response quality under a Privacy Filter that replaces names, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers with labels; OpenAI says the filter may miss context-dependent identifying details. Check Point Research reported a covert channel linking the code execution containers of two separate ChatGPT accounts, and OpenAI confirmed the vulnerability is fixed.
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Eight US states, including Iowa and Kansas, filed a lawsuit against OpenAI on October 14. The states claim ChatGPT harms children and encourages self-harm and harm to others. They seek changes to how OpenAI runs the service for young users and the return of profits made from them. OpenAI says its products include age-appropriate protective features.
OpenAI will begin testing ads with images in ChatGPT in the United States from late October 2026, initially showing them while the system generates images. The ads will be labeled as ads, and OpenAI says ad content will not affect ChatGPT's responses. OpenAI also outlined ad policies and safety standards that evaluate whether a conversation is suitable for ad display, and said it is expanding measurement tools and partner integrations.
OpenAI will hold OpenAI DevDay 2026 in San Francisco on September 29 US time, with CEO Sam Altman's keynote livestreamed free at 10:00 am, which is 2:00 am Japan time on September 30. OpenAI says it will show new APIs, tools, and technologies in development. Reports point to an agent that keeps working in the background, a "Managed Agents" system, and a possible $500 Pro Max plan.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed for a temporary injunction against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, requesting a court order to halt development of new AI models until an independent safety oversight system is established. The filing, submitted to a Florida state court, also seeks to block minors from using ChatGPT, prohibit the company from describing its products as safe and reliable, ban AI from behaving as if it were human, and stop mechanisms that draw users into extended conversations. Uthmeier cited OpenAI's recent security disclosures and Altman's own public statements about slowing frontier model development as legal grounds, arguing that if Altman is serious about slowing development, he should support the request. OpenAI has not commented on this injunction. The request follows a criminal investigation opened after the 2025 mass shooting at Florida State University, where the suspect was said to have used ChatGPT before the crime.
OpenAI runs an internal project called Project Lily in which several hundred contract staff read real conversations between users and ChatGPT and evaluate response quality. Usernames are hidden and a Privacy Filter replaces names, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers with labels, but the filter cannot remove everything. OpenAI says it may miss uncommon identifying information or details whose meaning depends on context. ChatGPT for individuals uses conversations for model improvement by default.
OpenAI introduced Data agent for ChatGPT Work, a tool that connects corporate data to ChatGPT so it can answer questions and build dashboards. It links approved sources including Amazon Redshift, Datadog, Google BigQuery, ClickHouse, Databricks, MongoDB, and Snowflake, and imports files from Google Drive or SharePoint. It also works with business applications including Power BI, Tableau, Sigma, Omni, Oracle Business Intelligence, and ThoughtSpot. OpenAI says NTT Data joined its alpha program.
Check Point Research says it found a covert communication channel linking the code execution containers of two separate ChatGPT accounts. An internal package delivery service, meant to keep containers isolated, could be read from and written to by any container, letting one session hand tasks to another. In a live demonstration the attacker retrieved data from the victim's connected Gmail, while the victim saw only a normal reply. OpenAI has confirmed the vulnerability is fixed.
OpenAI announced ChatGPT for Financial Services, a work tool that pairs company-hosted financial data with the GPT-6 Astra model. The company says GPT-6 Astra scored 69.9% on OfficeQA Pro, above GPT-5.6 Sol at 60.2% and Claude Fable 5.1 at 62.4%. The product was designed with Morgan Stanley and Evercore and natively incorporates data from Daloopa, PitchBook, LSEG News, and Crunchbase. Access requires contacting OpenAI and is limited to eligible financial institutions.
OpenAI's ChatGPT Work, launched in July 2026, is really two products, according to AI developer Simon Willison: a cloud version accessed through chatgpt.com or the mobile app, and a local version that runs through the desktop app. Willison found the cloud version more interesting. It is limited to paid plans of $20 or more per month and carries seven capabilities regular ChatGPT lacks, from a headless Chrome browser to scheduled prompt automation.
OpenAI has released a plugin linking Apple's Messages app inbox with ChatGPT. Users can organize, analyze, edit, send, and delete messages from the ChatGPT interface. The plugin also integrates with Codex and ChatGPT Work for personal and business use. It can search past message history and delete unwanted messages. OpenAI warns about privacy concerns and the persistent approval feature.
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Teens, a version of ChatGPT for users aged 13 to 17. It adjusts responses to avoid romantic expressions and emotional dependence, adds a confirmation screen for sensitive images, and offers a learning mode that explains problem-solving steps. Parental controls include Quiet hours and notifications for dangerous content.
OpenAI released a preview of the official ChatGPT desktop app for Linux on August 11, 2026. The Linux version includes ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex, and supports Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora distributions. It is the first time Codex is available through the ChatGPT desktop app on Linux, though native app control via Computer Use is not yet supported.
OpenAI published ChatGPT usage data through June 2026, including country-specific trends. Users aged 35 and over are increasing in over 90% of countries. Multimedia conversations rose after the April 2026 release of ChatGPT Images 2.0, reaching 7.8% globally and 4.6% in Japan. Work-related artifact generation more than doubled globally.