Sam Altman

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Builders Praise New Tools, Boosting Our Gratification
SocialApr 27, 2026

Builders Praise New Tools, Boosting Our Gratification

so fun to see the reception to 5.5! there is almost nothing that feels more gratifying to me than builders saying they find our tools useful.

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AI Advances Threaten Jobs, Prompting Extreme Productivity Hacks
SocialApr 26, 2026

AI Advances Threaten Jobs, Prompting Extreme Productivity Hacks

"post-AGI, no one is going to work and the economy is going to collapse" "i am switching to polyphasic sleep because GPT-5.5 in codex is so good that i can't afford to be sleeping for such long stretches and miss out...

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Iterative AI Deployment Democratizes Safety and Innovation
SocialApr 23, 2026

Iterative AI Deployment Democratizes Safety and Innovation

1. We believe in iterative deployment; although GPT-5.5 is already a smart model, we expect rapid improvements. Iterative deployment is a big part of our safety strategy; we believe the world will be best equipped to win at the team...

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Images 2.0 Crossed an Unseen Qualitative Threshold
SocialApr 23, 2026

Images 2.0 Crossed an Unseen Qualitative Threshold

Images 2.0 really got over some important qualitative threshold for me that I didn't know existed.

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Empowering Users with Tools and Compute for Success
SocialApr 23, 2026

Empowering Users with Tools and Compute for Success

we love seeing our users win. we want to give you the best tools, lots of compute, and watch you do the magic.

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ChatGPT‑Generated Manga Shows Us Hunting More GPUs
SocialApr 21, 2026

ChatGPT‑Generated Manga Shows Us Hunting More GPUs

Here is a manga made by ChatGPT Images 2.0 of @gabeeegoooh and me looking for more GPUs: https://t.co/ek95JfUN5V

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Happy About Codex Switch, but Fear Rate Limits
SocialApr 16, 2026

Happy About Codex Switch, but Fear Rate Limits

I am happy everyone is switching to Codex, but Tibo if you start rate limiting me or making me use worse models...

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ChatGPT Pro Launches at $100 After High Demand
SocialApr 9, 2026

ChatGPT Pro Launches at $100 After High Demand

It is very nice to see Codex getting so much love. We are launching a $100 ChatGPT Pro tier by very popular demand.

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Supporting TBPN: Commitment Despite My Own Missteps
SocialApr 2, 2026

Supporting TBPN: Commitment Despite My Own Missteps

TBPN is my favorite tech show. We want them to keep that going and for them to do what they do so well. I don't expect them to go any easier on us, am sure I'll do my part to help enable...

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LLMs Enable DIY mRNA Vaccine for Pets
SocialMar 27, 2026

LLMs Enable DIY mRNA Vaccine for Pets

The coolest meeting I had this week with was Paul, who used ChatGPT and other LLMs to create an mRNA vaccine protocol to save his dog Rosie. It is amazing story. "The chat bots empowered me as an individual to act...

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OpenAI Foundation Pledges $1B for AI Resilience and Safety
SocialMar 24, 2026

OpenAI Foundation Pledges $1B for AI Resilience and Safety

AI will help discover new science, such as cures for diseases, which is perhaps the most important way to increase quality of life long-term. AI will also present new threats to society that we have to address. No company can sufficiently...

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GPT‑5.4 Combines Strong Performance with Engaging Personality
SocialMar 7, 2026

GPT‑5.4 Combines Strong Performance with Engaging Personality

GPT-5.4 is great at coding, knowledge work, computer use, etc, and it's nice to see how much people are enjoying it. But it's also my favorite model to talk to! We have missed the mark on model personality for awhile, so...

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GPT‑5.4 Finally Convinces Finance Pros with Spreadsheet Mastery
SocialMar 7, 2026

GPT‑5.4 Finally Convinces Finance Pros with Spreadsheet Mastery

GPT-5.4 is really good at spreadsheets; a few finance people have finally said things to me like "huh I guess this AI thing is real"

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GPT‑5.4 Launches with 1M‑token Context, Native Computer Use
SocialMar 5, 2026

GPT‑5.4 Launches with 1M‑token Context, Native Computer Use

GPT-5.4 is launching, available now in the API and Codex and rolling out over the course of the day in ChatGPT. It's much better at knowledge work and web search, and it has native computer use capabilities. You can steer it mid-response,...

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AI Agreement Bans Domestic Surveillance of U.S. Persons
SocialMar 3, 2026

AI Agreement Bans Domestic Surveillance of U.S. Persons

Here is re-post of an internal post: We have been working with the DoW to make some additions in our agreement to make our principles very clear. 1. We are going to amend our deal to add this language, in...

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AI Firm Secures Safety‑First Deal with Department of War
SocialFeb 28, 2026

AI Firm Secures Safety‑First Deal with Department of War

Tonight, we reached an agreement with the Department of War to deploy our models in their classified network. In all of our interactions, the DoW displayed a deep respect for safety and a desire to partner to achieve the best possible...

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India’s AI Surge: Codex Users Grow 4x Weekly
SocialFeb 20, 2026

India’s AI Surge: Codex Users Grow 4x Weekly

Great meeting with PM @narendramodi today to talk about the incredible energy around AI in India. India is our fastest growing market for codex globally, up 4x in weekly users in the past 2 weeks alone. 🇮🇳! https://t.co/MRbw0UkotJ

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OpenAI Hires Steinberger to Lead Multi‑agent Future
SocialFeb 15, 2026

OpenAI Hires Steinberger to Lead Multi‑agent Future

Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI to drive the next generation of personal agents. He is a genius with a lot of amazing ideas about the future of very smart agents interacting with each other to do very useful things for...

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AI Leaps From Grade-School to Research Math Fast
SocialFeb 14, 2026

AI Leaps From Grade-School to Research Math Fast

We went from AI systems that struggled to do grade school math to AI systems that can solve research-level math problems in just a few years. I agree with Jakub this is perhaps the most important eval now. I am also pretty...

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Hiring Head of Preparedness to Safeguard AI Risks
SocialDec 27, 2025

Hiring Head of Preparedness to Safeguard AI Risks

We are hiring a Head of Preparedness. This is a critical role at an important time; models are improving quickly and are now capable of many great things, but they are also starting to present some real challenges. The potential...

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Join Codex Team to Accelerate 100x Improvements
SocialDec 18, 2025

Join Codex Team to Accelerate 100x Improvements

Codex is getting extremely good and will rapidly improve. If you want to help make it 100x better next year, the team is hiring. Crazy adventure guaranteed; success probable.

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AI Models Now Impacting Cybersecurity with Real-World Vulnerabilities
SocialDec 18, 2025

AI Models Now Impacting Cybersecurity with Real-World Vulnerabilities

Last week, a security researcher using our previous model found and disclosed a vulnerability in React that could lead to source code exposure. I believe these models will be a net win for cybersecurity, but we are in the 'real impact...

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GPT‑5.2‑Codex Debuts for Agentic Coding Success
SocialDec 18, 2025

GPT‑5.2‑Codex Debuts for Agentic Coding Success

GPT-5.2-Codex launches today. It is trained specifically for agentic coding and terminal use, and people at OpenAI have been having great success with it.

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Create Fun Images Instantly with ChatGPT
SocialDec 16, 2025

Create Fun Images Instantly with ChatGPT

Also a very fun way to use it to easily get fun images in ChatGPT: https://t.co/sWSedwAaII

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A Decade with OpenAI: Unimaginably Special
SocialDec 11, 2025

A Decade with OpenAI: Unimaginably Special

It has been a very cool last 10 years; OpenAI has been more special to work on than I could have possibly imagined.

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Remarkable Advances Beyond GPT‑5.1 in New Model
SocialDec 11, 2025

Remarkable Advances Beyond GPT‑5.1 in New Model

It is a very smart model, and we have come a long way since GPT-5.1: https://t.co/6FJG5FbOQG

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New Codex Model Marks Major Performance Leap
SocialNov 19, 2025

New Codex Model Marks Major Performance Leap

New Codex model is a significant improvement!

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Google's Gemini 3 Launch Impresses the Community
SocialNov 18, 2025

Google's Gemini 3 Launch Impresses the Community

Congrats to Google on Gemini 3! Looks like a great model.

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AI Cost Plummets 300× in One Year
SocialNov 18, 2025

AI Cost Plummets 300× in One Year

The rate reduction in price per unit of intelligence has been thing I've most consistently underestimated the past couple of years. 300x in a year is nuts!

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GPT‑5.1 API Launch with 24‑Hour Prompt Caching
SocialNov 13, 2025

GPT‑5.1 API Launch with 24‑Hour Prompt Caching

GPT-5.1 is now available in the API. Pricing is the same as GPT-5. We are also releasing gpt-5.1-codex and gpt-5.1-codex-mini in the API, specialized for long-running coding tasks. Prompt caching now lasts up to 24 hours! Updated evals in our blog post.

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Sparse Circuits Reveal How Neural Networks Operate
SocialNov 13, 2025

Sparse Circuits Reveal How Neural Networks Operate

Understanding neural networks through sparse circuits:

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GPT‑5.1 Delivers Sharper Instruction Following and Adaptive Thinking
SocialNov 12, 2025

GPT‑5.1 Delivers Sharper Instruction Following and Adaptive Thinking

GPT-5.1 is out! It's a nice upgrade. I particularly like the improvements in instruction following, and the adaptive thinking. The intelligence and style improvements are good too.

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Key AI Progress Updates and Strategic Recommendations
SocialNov 8, 2025

Key AI Progress Updates and Strategic Recommendations

This is an important one, I think. AI progress and recommendations: https://t.co/Zy6J6bxYBI

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Embrace Small Errors, Chase a Few Giant Wins
SocialNov 5, 2025

Embrace Small Errors, Chase a Few Giant Wins

A thing often in common among great startup investors, founders, and researchers: Trading making a lot of small mistakes in exchange for getting a few giant wins. (Surprisingly many people seem to prefer a few big mistakes in exchange for a lot...

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Codex Revolutionizes OpenAI Development, New Models Coming
SocialNov 4, 2025

Codex Revolutionizes OpenAI Development, New Models Coming

Codex has transformed how OpenAI builds over the last few months. Have some great upcoming models too. Amazing work by the team!

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Amazon Partnership Fuels More NVIDIA Chips for OpenAI Scaling
SocialNov 3, 2025

Amazon Partnership Fuels More NVIDIA Chips for OpenAI Scaling

Very pleased to be working with Amazon to bring a lot more NVIDIA chips online for OpenAI to keep scaling!

By Sam Altman
GPT-6 Rebranded as GPT-6-7, You're Welcome
SocialOct 30, 2025

GPT-6 Rebranded as GPT-6-7, You're Welcome

GPT-6 will be renamed GPT-6-7, you're welcome

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Buy Extra Codex Credits Beyond Subscription Limits
SocialOct 30, 2025

Buy Extra Codex Credits Beyond Subscription Limits

If you want to use more Codex after you hit your subscription limits, you can now buy credits as needed. This is something we expect to do for compute-intensive features; it will let us keep subscription prices low for most users...

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Announcing Ambitious AI Intern Roadmap and Safety Strategy
SocialOct 29, 2025

Announcing Ambitious AI Intern Roadmap and Safety Strategy

Yesterday we did a livestream. TL;DR: We have set internal goals of having an automated AI research intern by September of 2026 running on hundreds of thousands of GPUs, and a true automated AI researcher by March of 2028. We may...

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Live Q&A: Nonprofit Controls, LLC Transforms to PBC
SocialOct 28, 2025

Live Q&A: Nonprofit Controls, LLC Transforms to PBC

Jakub and I are going to do a livestream and answer questions today at 10:30 am pacific. We have a lot of things to talk about--of course we will cover our new corporate structure, but we will also discuss our new...

By Sam Altman
ChatGPT Atlas: AI‑First Browser Launches on macOS
SocialOct 21, 2025

ChatGPT Atlas: AI‑First Browser Launches on macOS

Our new AI-first web browser, ChatGPT Atlas, is here for macOS. Please send feedback! Availability on other platforms to follow.

By Sam Altman
From DGX-1 to Spark: Petaflop Power in Tiny Box
SocialOct 15, 2025

From DGX-1 to Spark: Petaflop Power in Tiny Box

Things have come a long way since the delivery of the DGX-1 9 years ago; amazing to see...

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ChatGPT Lifts Limits, Adds Personality and Adult Content
SocialOct 14, 2025

ChatGPT Lifts Limits, Adds Personality and Adult Content

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we...

By Sam Altman