OpenAI, ChatGPT

OpenAI tests phone number-only ChatGPT signups
OpenAI has begun testing a feature that lets new ChatGPT users sign up with only a phone number — no email required. Thea addition was spotted by software
OpenAI adds agentic AI tasks to ChatGPT. Here's what it can do for you
On Tuesday, OpenAI announced "tasks," a ChatGPT feature that performs, well, tasks, for users. Tasks, rolling out as a beta feature for ChatGPT Plus, Teams, and Pro users over the next few days, enables users to ask ChatGPT "to do things for you at a future time" said the announcement.
The Prompt: OpenAI Is Trying To Make ChatGPT A ‘Helpful AI Companion’
ChatGPT will now be able to handle tasks like sending reminders about important deadlines or sharing daily weather reports. People can ask the conversational AI chatbot to send alerts at a future date and time,
OpenAI’s agentic era begins: ChatGPT Tasks offers job scheduling, reminders and more
OpenAI will let some users schedule task reminders on ChatGPT, a sign the company may be readying itself to release an agent.
ChatGPT users can now give it tasks to do in the future
ChatGPT can now be asked to carry out tasks for users at a future time, the chatbot’s maker OpenAI has said. The new Tasks feature will enable users to ask the AI chatbot to schedule anything from one-time reminders to recurring actions such as a weekly news briefing or daily weather update.

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Microsoft Tries, Again, to Get People Using ChatGPT-Style Chatbot
Microsoft Copilot is being renamed Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, the second rebranding of the business-focused assistant since 2023.
OpenAI rolls out assistant-like feature 'Tasks' to take on Alexa, Siri
Tasks will enable ChatGPT users to request tasks to be performed at a future time, including one-time reminders or recurring ...
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OpenAI’s new hotline: Chat with ChatGPT anytime, anywhere
Learn More For the 10th day of OpenAI’s “12 Days of Shipmas” event ... anything we discussed is transposed into a written chat that I can look back at when I log into my account.
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OpenAI’s CFO Discusses Potential ChatGPT Ads While CEO Calls It ‘Last Resort’
OpenAI would not be the first to take this path—competitors like Microsoft’s Bing Chat and Perplexity AI have already integrated ads. In the meantime, the company is focusing on expanding its ...
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OpenAI's ChatGPT recovers after being hit with outages. Here's what to know.
ChatGPT stopped functioning for many users on Thursday afternoon, with OpenAI saying that its AI app was experiencing glitches for some. The app recovered several hours later, the San Francisco ...
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We dialed 1-800-ChatGPT. Here’s what happened
ChatGPT – introduced just over two years ago as a chat-capable artificial intelligence ... those new to the world of AI chatbots can try out OpenAI without downloading the app, the company ...