Sora 2 Launch: Video Generation Goes Mainstream

OpenAI's Sora 2 launch brought synchronized audio, better physics, cameos, and a social video app to mainstream AI video before its planned shutdown.

OpenAI's Sora 2 launch brought synchronized audio, better physics, cameos, and a social video app to mainstream AI video before its planned shutdown.
A running tracker of OpenAI acquisitions, from Global Illumination and Rockset to io, Statsig, Promptfoo, Astral, TBPN, Torch, Hiro, and other deals.

Today’s OpenAI news for April 24, 2026: GPT-5.5 reaches the API, ChatGPT for Clinicians launches, Images 2.0 rolls out, and Privacy Filter arrives.

GPT-5 launched on Aug. 7, 2025. Here is what changed in ChatGPT and the API, why rollout drew criticism, and where GPT-5 stands in 2026.

GPT-5.2 launched with Instant, Thinking, and Pro modes, stronger professional reasoning, higher API prices, long-context gains, and new safety updates.

GPT-5.3 changed ChatGPT’s default Instant model, Codex, API access, pricing, and the path to GPT-5.4. Here is what changed and what did not.

A clear OpenAI funding history timeline, from the 2015 nonprofit pledge through Microsoft, SoftBank, the $300B valuation, and the 2026 round.

The GPT-5.1 update made ChatGPT warmer, faster on simple tasks, more persistent on hard tasks, and easier to personalize. Here is what changed.