Claude hit #1 on the App Store in early 2026, pushing ChatGPT out of the top spot for the first time. The catalyst was Anthropic publicly refusing the Pentagon’s demand to deploy its models for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance, ...
OpenAI dropped GPT-5.5 on April 23, 2026, and it is now the most capable ChatGPT model the company ships. GPT-5.5 scores 93.6% on GPQA Diamond, 82.7% on Terminal-Bench 2.0, and 78.7% on OSWorld-Verified, all ahead of GPT-5.4, while its Pro ...
On April 21, 2026, OpenAI shipped ChatGPT Images 2.0, the first image model that can actually read what you ask it to write. That single change, readable text inside the image, is what finally turns ChatGPT into a real infographic ...
On April 23, 2026, OpenAI introduced GPT-5.5, its most capable model to date and the first fully retrained base model since GPT-4.5. The release brings state-of-the-art scores on Terminal-Bench 2.0, OSWorld, and GDPval, a much stronger agentic coding profile in ...
A single Perplexity Deep Research query now runs dozens of searches, reads hundreds of sources, and delivers a cited report in 2 to 4 minutes. On the heavier end, ChatGPT Deep Research can browse the web for up to 30 ...
On April 16, 2026, OpenAI pushed the biggest update yet to its Codex Mac app and the headline is simple, Codex can now take control of your Mac. The feature is called codex mac computer use, and it lets Codex ...
ChatGPT crossed 900 million weekly active users in early 2026, but most of them are paying $20 a month for a single model when the same cash could buy access to GPT-5.5, Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini 3.1 Pro, and Grok ...
Update, April 23, 2026: The competitive picture for Grok 5 just moved. OpenAI released GPT-5.5 on April 23, 2026, with an Intelligence Index of 59 (second only to Grok 5 on current leaks), 88.7% on SWE-bench Verified, and 60% fewer ...
Update, April 23, 2026: The “Spud” mystery is solved. OpenAI shipped the model on April 23, 2026 and branded it GPT-5.5, not GPT-6. It launched in three variants (standard, GPT-5.5 Thinking, GPT-5.5 Pro) and hit 88.7% on SWE-bench Verified, 82.7% ...

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