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- 10/1 23:54 (UTC+8) · 1 reportsSam Altman says DevDay developer atmosphere is electricSam Altman · X：Sam Altman marvels at developers' enthusiasm for DevDay
- 10/1 06:23 (UTC+8) · 1 reportsOpenAI DevDay releases Agents API and Decisions APILatent Space：Where Dwarkesh was wrong about computer use, and how OpenAI built a Jev competitor in a week
- 9/30 08:19 (UTC+8) · 1 reportsAltman says OpenAI won't go public before model safetyThe Verge · AI：Sam Altman says OpenAI will not go public until model safety standards are met
- 9/30 01:23 (UTC+8) · 5 reportsOpenAI DevDay releases multiple ChatGPT updates量子位：OpenAI announces 25 DevDay 2026 updates, including always-on agent Dots and GPT-6.1 Sol
- 9/29 23:04 (UTC+8) · 1 reportsOpenAI teases DevDay livestreamSam Altman · X：OpenAI DevDay livestream starts in two hours
- 9/29 03:58 (UTC+8) · 1 reportsSam Altman teases OpenAI DevDaySam Altman · X：Sam Altman teases something new at DevDay
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- Sam Altman marvels at developers' enthusiasm for DevDay
DevDay is really fun; the energy from developers is incredible. It is still kind of amazing to see people build an entire startup in a day.
- Where Dwarkesh was wrong about computer use, and how OpenAI built a Jev competitor in a week
After OpenAI DevDay, Latent Space interviewed Ari Weinstein, who leads computer-use product and engineering, and Nikunj Handa, head of API product.
- OpenAI launches Decisions API, similar to TypeSafe AI's Jev
At Tuesday's Dev Day, CEO Sam Altman revealed that OpenAI has launched a new Decisions API, similar to Jev, TypeSafe AI's software automation model released this month. Both are LLM-based super-classifiers: developers provide preset options, and the model returns probabilities.
- Latent SpacePicksOpenAI DevDay 2026 launches Dots, GPT-6.1 Sol, Ultrafast, and Decisions API
At DevDay 2026, OpenAI launched the always-on Dots agent, GPT-6.1 Sol, Ultrafast mode, Decisions API, ChatGPT Spaces, and Marketplace, and said ChatGPT has 1.2 billion weekly active users.
- Sam Altman says OpenAI will not go public until model safety standards are met
In a press Q&A after his DevDay keynote, Sam Altman said OpenAI would not go public until it could make reliable commitments about model safety, and gave no timeline. He said waiting too long would be bad for the world, but worried an IPO could disappoint Wall Street investors if the company made safety-related decisions. He said an IPO would be unwise while model capabilities and safety requirements are changing rapidly. He also said Anthropic formally filed to go public in June and could IPO in November.
- 量子位PicksOpenAI announces 25 DevDay 2026 updates, including always-on agent Dots and GPT-6.1 Sol
At DevDay 2026 in San Francisco, OpenAI announced 25 updates spanning ChatGPT, Codex, GPT-6 models, and the API.
- TechCrunch · AIPicksOpenAI unveils ChatGPT office-suite features Space, Pages, and Slides at DevDay
OpenAI announced several new ChatGPT features for work at its DevDay developer conference in San Francisco. Space is a shared workspace inside ChatGPT where colleagues can work with the chatbot and the newly introduced AI agent Dots on tasks.
- The DecoderPicksOpenAI announces ChatGPT extensions, collaborative spaces, and enterprise marketplace at DevDay
OpenAI announced a series of ChatGPT updates at DevDay, including the Plugin Extensions system, shared ChatGPT Space workspaces, collaborative Pages, Slack and Microsoft Teams integrations, automated workflows, new pricing tiers, and the enterprise-focused OpenAI Marketplace.
- OpenAI DevDay livestream starts in two hours
The DevDay livestream starts in two hours. We've built some great things for you!
- Sam Altman teases something new at DevDay
Really looking forward to DevDay tomorrow. We found something new.
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