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Topic24 articles · Updated June 4, 2026

ChatGPT News

The latest on ChatGPT: feature launches, model updates, GPT Store changes, enterprise rollouts, and the usage stories that show where the product is going next.

malvertising
7.8
Jun 4, 2026
Malvertisers Use ChatGPT Share Links to Deliver Malware
Security researchers report a malvertising campaign that uses paid search ads to route victims to weaponized ChatGPT and AI-platform share pages delivering malware. Push Security disclosed on May 29, 2026 that attackers built pixel-perfect fake outage/download pages hosted on chatgpt.com/s/[id], and bought Google Ads for queries such as "ChatGPT download" to steer traffic to those share links (reported by TechTimes). The Cloud Security Alliance documented a parallel campaign abusing claude.ai share links to host macOS installation guides that run the MacSync infostealer, with initial identification attributed to Trendyol Group researcher Berk Albayrak (CSA research note, May 12, 2026). Evalian's SOC team also flagged a Windows-and-macOS campaign using convincing OpenAI branding and sponsored search results (ITSecurityNews). As of June 1, 2026, TechTimes reports neither OpenAI nor Anthropic had issued a public statement addressing the abuse.
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anthropic
6.8
Jun 3, 2026
Employees Say Claude Drives Workplace Productivity
PYMNTS Intelligence reports that ChatGPT remains the dominant personal-use AI, named the most helpful platform across major personal tasks, with 37% to 44% of users identifying it as most helpful for categories such as writing, planning, finances and travel. PYMNTS Intelligence also reports that workplace exposure most strongly lifts adoption of Copilot, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity, while ChatGPT shows popularity that appears largely independent of work-related exposure. According to PYMNTS Intelligence, among workers who use Claude, 81% say AI is either essential or productivity-enhancing at work. Editorial analysis: This pattern suggests a functional split between tools adopted through employer programs and tools chosen for everyday personal utility, with implications for enterprise procurement and user training.
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chatgpt
5.3
Jun 3, 2026
ChatGPT macOS App Updates to Version 1.2026.119
A ReleaseBB listing published June 3, 2026 reports an entry for the official OpenAI ChatGPT app for macOS, labelled Version 1.2026.119 and sized 69.3 MB. The listing states the app includes access to GPT-5, memory features, and voice input powered by the built-in Whisper model, and it lists support for GPT-5 (free) and GPT-5.4 (with Plus subscription). Compatibility is listed as macOS 14.0 and Apple Silicon (M1 or better). The listing notes release notes were unavailable when the page was updated. The entry appears on a ReleaseBB/RLSBB-style distribution page and includes download metadata rather than an official OpenAI changelog.
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chatgpt
7.2
Jun 3, 2026
ChatGPT becomes fastest app to reach 1B users
Per market-intelligence firm Sensor Tower, ChatGPT became the fastest app in history to surpass 1B monthly active users, taking roughly three years after launch to reach the milestone, Seeking Alpha reported. Seeking Alpha's coverage of Sensor Tower data also says ChatGPT reached the milestone faster than Google Gemini, Anthropic's Claude, and SpaceXAI's Grok. Seeking Alpha further reports that, in the U.S., users who install Claude spend more time on it than ChatGPT, with engagement for Claude rising after installation relative to ChatGPT.
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chatgpt
6.3
Jun 1, 2026
ChatGPT Anthropomorphism Spurs Publishing Authorship Concerns
The London Review of Books blog post "Chattiness" reports that readers and authors increasingly refer to ChatGPT as "Chat" and anthropomorphize it, using it for recommendations and office automation. The piece cites a Reddit thread that flagged passages in Mia Ballard's self-published horror novel Shy Girl as resembling AI-generated text; Ballard denies using AI and, according to the post, blamed a freelance editor, while Hachette subsequently pulled the book from publication in the UK and US (per the London Review of Books). The essay also recounts scrutiny over the Commonwealth Short Story Prize's Caribbean winner, Jamir Nazir, after readers queried the story's voice; the Commonwealth Prize told the post that entrants had affirmed their work was their own (per the London Review of Books).
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openai
5.6
Jun 1, 2026
OpenAI Lawyer Builds Tools to Automate Legal Work
Business Insider reports that Nicole Diaz, an associate general counsel at OpenAI, learned to build small apps using ChatGPT and Codex after joining the company. Diaz told Business Insider she had never written code before OpenAI; over the past year she used the tools to convert law-firm memos into plain-English policies, triage employee email, draft replies, and track outcomes. She is quoted saying, "My sense of what's possible has rapidly expanded in the last six months, even three months." Business Insider describes these tools as automating repetitive legal tasks while Diaz retains legal judgment.
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cognitive-offloading
5.5
Jun 1, 2026
AI Raises Concerns About Declining Human Thinking Skills
The European Business Review published a June 1, 2026 article by Marcelina Horrillo Husillos that surveys academic and editorial concerns about the cognitive effects of increased AI use. According to the article, a recent MIT Media Lab report warned that "excessive reliance on AI-driven solutions" may contribute to "cognitive atrophy," and the piece notes that when asked ChatGPT whether AI makes people dumber or smarter it replied, "It depends on how we engage with it: as a crutch or a tool for growth." The article highlights the concept of cognitive offloading, and reports claims that students who default to AI-generated answers risk weakening cognitive flexibility and information-evaluation skills. Editorial analysis: For educators and product teams, rising cognitive offloading creates assessment, UX, and training challenges; organisations should monitor where automation replaces routine cognitive practice rather than augmenting learning.
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vulnerability-management
7.1
Jun 1, 2026
GlobalProtect Vulnerability Exploited, ChatGPT Links Misused, Feds Criticize NVD
Palo Alto Networks published a security advisory for an authentication-bypass vulnerability in PAN-OS GlobalProtect, tracked as CVE-2026-0257, that the CVE record lists with a CVSS 7.8 score, according to CVE.org. Multiple vendors and researchers, including Rapid7 and BleepingComputer, report that the flaw is being actively exploited in the wild. SentinelOne and Rapid7 technical summaries describe the bug as an authentication-state validation weakness in the GlobalProtect portal and gateway that can let unauthenticated attackers establish VPN sessions. Reporting indexed from CISO Series and Cybersecurity Headlines says attackers have abused ChatGPT "share" links to host fake outage pages that deliver malware. Reporting by CISO Series also highlights a federal audit that found problems in NIST's National Vulnerability Database (NVD). Editorial analysis: companies relying on enterprise VPNs should treat active exploitation of authentication-bypass vulnerabilities as high operational risk and prioritise visibility and patching in their vulnerability management workflows.
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iran
7.2
Jun 1, 2026
Report: Iran Uses Western AI for Cyberattacks
According to a report by the Financial Times, Iranian-linked operators have used Western AI tools including ChatGPT and Gemini to develop malware, craft phishing campaigns in Hebrew and Arabic, and build fake online personas targeting the US and Israel. India Today, summarizing the Financial Times coverage, reports that operators used AI-generated identities to build trust with victims and that Israel experienced waves of phishing emails and text messages linked to these campaigns. Per the Financial Times as reported, Google detected the state-linked group APT42 using Gemini in late February. India Today also reports that the United Arab Emirates said in May it faced more than more than half a million cyberattacks daily, some reportedly assisted by AI tools. Editorial analysis: Industry practitioners should treat this reporting as another data point in a growing pattern where accessible large language models are leveraged for social-engineering and low-cost automation of malicious tradecraft.
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openai
6.3
May 30, 2026
OpenAI Updates GPT-5.5 Instant for Style and Quality
OpenAI updated GPT-5.5 Instant with a May 28 release that improves response style, readability, and personalization, according to OpenAI's Model Release Notes and the company blog. Reporting by TechCrunch and Engadget documents that GPT-5.5 Instant was introduced earlier as ChatGPT's default model and that OpenAI measured improvements on benchmarks, including 81.2 on the AIME 2025 math test versus 65.4 for the prior model and 76 versus 69.2 on the MMMU-Pro benchmark (TechCrunch). Engadget reports OpenAI's internal testing showed 52.5% fewer hallucinated claims and 37.3% fewer inaccurate claims in flagged conversations. The update also expands a chat-latest API route and rolls new personalization features such as searchable prior conversations and a "memory sources" UI to Paid users first, with wider availability promised in coming weeks (TechCrunch; Engadget; OpenAI Help Center).
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liquid
7.1
May 28, 2026
Liquid Enables Live Trading Inside AI Chatbots
Liquid launched Co-Invest, an app embedded in ChatGPT and Claude that allows users to fund accounts, analyse markets and place live trades without leaving the chat interface, The Block and PYMNTS report. Per The Block, Co-Invest supports exposure across 500 markets, spanning crypto, equities, foreign exchange, Polymarket positions and pre-IPO secondaries, and founder Franklyn Wang told The Block the app is available in all 50 U.S. states and most other jurisdictions. PYMNTS reports Liquid operates non-custodially, keeping user funds in users' own wallets. PYMNTS also frames this launch alongside similar moves from Robinhood, MoonPay, OpenAI and Gemini toward embedding execution or payments into AI assistants.
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semiconductors
6.4
May 28, 2026
Irving and Prez Highlight Taiwan's Semiconductor and AI Stakes
VladTV published an interview with Nicholas Irving and Shawn Prez in which the guests discussed Taiwan's central role in global technology and AI. VladTV reports that Taiwan manufactures around 90% of the world's advanced semiconductors, which Irving and Prez framed as pivotal to who leads the AI race. Reporting by VladTV describes the pair warning that if China were to gain dominance over Taiwan, it could severely damage U.S. technological capability "without firing a shot." VladTV also reports that Irving and Prez raised concerns about society's growing reliance on tools such as ChatGPT, quoting their view that humanity is "playing with fire" in developing unchecked artificial intelligence.
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election-data
7.0
May 28, 2026
Associated Press Provides OpenAI With US Election Results
The Associated Press announced it will provide its U.S. election vote-count results to OpenAI, making AP tallies available to ChatGPT users and OpenAI services through the 2028 general election, according to an AP press release. The release states AP will supply vote counts for national, state and local races in major American cities, and notes that in the 2024 general election AP counted votes and declared winners in nearly 7,000 races with a 99.9% accuracy rate. "We are pleased to work with OpenAI to make available AP's factual, accurate and nonpartisan elections data available to users of ChatGPT and OpenAI's services," said David Scott, vice president of AP Elections, in the press release. Editorial analysis: The deal links an authoritative vote-count feed to a major consumer chatbot, a step observers will watch for impacts on answer accuracy and provenance.
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openai
6.8
May 27, 2026
OpenAI investigates elevated latency affecting ChatGPT
Per 9to5Mac, OpenAI is investigating an issue around "elevated latency" that is currently impacting ChatGPT and the ChatGPT API. 9to5Mac reports a separate, monitored issue affecting FedRAMP users, and states a fix has been applied for that FedRAMP incident. The outlet also published the service status snapshot as of 8:15 am PT. 9to5Mac says it will update coverage when a broader fix appears and points readers to the public system status page for live monitoring.
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workplace-ai
6.3
May 26, 2026
AI Increases Productivity While Reducing Workplace Socialization
Business Insider reports that workers are increasingly turning to ChatGPT and Claude for tasks previously routed to colleagues, boosting individual output while reducing day-to-day interaction. The article quotes Daniel Deceuster, a marketing director at Zion HealthShare, saying "We're getting more done than we've ever done before" and estimating he interacts with colleagues about 50% less than before. Business Insider also quotes Jessica Reif, an incoming professor of management at Wharton: "People are increasingly choosing to work alone." The piece frames this pattern as an emerging cultural shift: AI tools raise short-term productivity but can make routine workplace collaboration more isolated, Business Insider reports.
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ai-misuse
7.2
May 24, 2026
NIA Chargesheet Reveals AI Use in Red Fort Blast
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) says its chargesheet in the Red Fort vehicle-borne IED blast case documents alleged misuse of artificial intelligence tools by accused conspirators. Reporting by Daily Excelsior states the NIA filed a 7,500-page chargesheet on May 14 detailing laboratory-grade fabrication of devices and tests of rocket IEDs in Qazigund forest, Jammu and Kashmir. Times Now reports the chargesheet names ChatGPT, online videos and commercial materials as information sources allegedly used to design rockets, explosives and drone modifications. The chargesheet links the accused, including Jasir Bilal Wani, to an Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind interim module allegedly tied to Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent; the November 10, 2025 blast killed 11 people, according to the chargesheet as reported by Daily Excelsior.
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chatgpt
5.6
May 24, 2026
Writer Adopts ChatGPT and Claude in Workflow
In a Slate essay published May 24, 2026, writer Alex Kirshner describes how he moved from skepticism to daily use of A.I. tools. Kirshner writes, "A.I. didn't write any part of this story," and says he did not use A.I. to outline or catch first-draft typos. He reports using ChatGPT and Claude for routine friction points in the writing process, and points to Claude Code and Codex as examples of tools that can rapidly scaffold projects by interviewing the user and generating a working portfolio site. Kirshner frames the change as productivity-driven rather than replacement-driven, and references a conversation with critic Ed Zitron to situate his earlier skepticism. The essay is a first-person account of practical, daily A.I. use in professional writing workflows, not a technical review or product comparison.
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generative-ai
5.6
May 24, 2026
Generative AI Helps Address Situational Depression
Forbes columnist Lance Eliot examines how generative AI and large language models (LLMs) can assist people experiencing situational depression while cautioning they are not cures or replacements for professional care. Eliot reports that many users consult AI for mental-health guidance and specifically notes that ChatGPT has over 900 million weekly active users, a portion of whom use it for mental-health topics. The column frames AI as a potentially helpful, widely adopted adjunct but emphasizes risks and limitations, and it recommends seeking human therapy as the primary avenue for treatment, per the article.
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chatgpt
6.9
May 22, 2026
MoonPay Integrates Crypto Purchases into ChatGPT
PYMNTS reports that MoonPay is now live in the ChatGPT App Store, enabling ChatGPT users to buy crypto without leaving chats. According to the app page in ChatGPT's App Store, users can search for "MoonPay," connect the app, and buy tokens with a checkout link that fills asset, chain and amount and routes to moonpay.com for payment. The app page lists support for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, USDC and more than 100 other assets across more than 30 chains, and indicates purchases can be made via credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or bank transfer. PYMNTS also quotes MoonPay on X: "We are officially the first and only crypto onramp integrated in ChatGPT."
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openai
6.6
May 22, 2026
OpenAI Adds ChatGPT Integration to Microsoft PowerPoint
Per the ChatGPT for PowerPoint app page, OpenAI launched a beta add-in that embeds a ChatGPT sidebar inside Microsoft PowerPoint, enabling users to create, edit, and refine slide decks without leaving the app. (India Today; ChatGPT app page). The add-in can ingest notes, documents, spreadsheets, images, and existing presentations and generate structured slides that remain editable in PowerPoint, according to the app listing and India Today reporting. (ChatGPT app page; India Today). Engadget reports the beta is available to most users, including free-tier accounts and ChatGPT Business subscribers, and can pull content from connected services such as Gmail, Outlook, and SharePoint. (Engadget). Editorial analysis: For practitioners, in-app LLM assistants typically reduce iteration time on slide drafting but raise questions about provenance, version control, and reuse of organizational assets.
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openai
6.8
May 22, 2026
OpenAI Posts $5.7B Q1 Revenue, Leads Anthropic
According to The Information, OpenAI generated $5.7B in revenue in the first quarter, roughly $1B more than Anthropic, The Information reports. Seeking Alpha's summary of that reporting attributes the quarter's strength to OpenAI's Codex coding agent, business sales, and tests of advertising on ChatGPT. The figures come from The Information's market-reporting piece; The Information's full article is paywalled. No direct company financial filing or public statement is linked in the reporting cited.
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hallucinations
6.9
May 21, 2026
Author Acknowledges AI-Generated Fake Quotes in Book
Reporting by The New York Times shows that Steven Rosenbaum's new nonfiction book, "The Future of Truth," includes more than a half-dozen misattributed or fabricated quotations that appear to have originated from generative AI. According to The New York Times, Rosenbaum acknowledged the errors and said the book contained "a handful of improperly attributed or synthetic quotes," adding that he used AI tools ChatGPT and Claude during research and writing. The Times reports Rosenbaum has opened an inquiry and is working with editors to correct affected passages in future editions. Multiple outlets including The Daily Beast, Futurism, and NDTV corroborate the finding; one fabricated line attributed to tech journalist Kara Swisher was publicly refuted by her, The New York Times reports.
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genai
6.6
May 21, 2026
AI Shapes Urban Design, Raises Human-control Questions
The Conversation published a May 21, 2026 article by Professors Abeer Elshater and Hisham Abusaada documenting how GenAI and large language models such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek are entering urban design workflows. The piece reports that these models can summarise literature, generate policy scenarios, and draft narratives, speeding research and practice while raising concerns about how knowledge may be reshaped. Editorial analysis: For practitioners, the key tension is between efficiency gains and loss of field-based, context-specific judgment that underpins urban design traditions. Editorial analysis: Observers should treat GenAI outputs as a starting point for fieldwork and community engagement, not as substitutes for on-the-ground expertise.
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openai
7.2
May 18, 2026
OpenAI Enables ChatGPT Access to Bank Accounts
OpenAI announced a preview feature that lets users connect their financial accounts to ChatGPT via Plaid. According to OpenAI's announcement and reporting by The Verge and TechCrunch, the integration supports connections to more than 12,000 financial institutions including Schwab, Fidelity, Chase, Robinhood, American Express, and Capital One. The feature surfaces a dashboard of spending, subscriptions, portfolio performance, and upcoming payments after accounts are linked. OpenAI said the capability will be available initially to U.S. ChatGPT Pro subscribers; The Verge reports the Pro tier costs $200 per month. TechCrunch reports OpenAI will remove synced data from ChatGPT within 30 days after users disconnect and that the company intends to add Intuit support. OpenAI also noted that users already ask finance questions to ChatGPT more than 200 million times per month, and TechCrunch said the new experience uses the GPT-5.5 model for stronger contextual reasoning.
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