Chatgpt news and trends

OpenAI Reaches 1 Billion Active Users as AI Becomes Daily Habit
Artificial Intelligence // July 31, 2026

OpenAI’s models now reach more than 1 billion active users and more than 2 million businesses, OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar said in a Friday (July 31) blog post. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

OpenAI Cuts Prices on Select Models to Make High-Volume Work Economical
Artificial Intelligence // July 30, 2026

OpenAI has cut the price of GPT-5.6 Luna by 80%, cut the price of GPT-5.6 Terra by 20% and provided faster performance of GPT-5.6 Sol in the API while leaving its price unchanged, effective Thursday (July 30). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

AI Turns Every Employee Into a Utility Player
Artificial Intelligence // July 28, 2026

For decades, the org chart worked like a map of who knew what. Marketing didn’t touch contracts. Customer service didn’t run financial calculations. Those boundaries held because expertise lived in specific people, and getting specialize work done meant calling in the right one. New research...

Software Brands Lead ChatGPT’s Ad Market as Retailers Sit Out
Artificial Intelligence // July 21, 2026

ChatGPT started advertising in February. Within six weeks the program had crossed $100 million in annualized revenue, CNBC reported. On May 5, OpenAI removed the $50,000 minimum spend threshold and launched a self-serve Ads Manager, Digiday reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Interviews & Exclusives
ChatGPT Leads as Consumers Build Their Own AI Toolkits

June 24, 2026
OpenAI’s ChatGPT is the artificial intelligence AI platform consumers name as the best, but it is not the only one they use. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By […]

The First Chatbot Consumers Try May Be the One They Stick With

January 30, 2026
Consumer use of artificial intelligence is consolidating early. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Agentic AI Splits Big Tech Between Open Alliances and Closed Control

December 15, 2025
Standards. Protocols. Alliances. It was a big week as usual in the Prompt Economy with several announcements that show cooperation among some of the power players that will make agentic...

ChatGPT Turns Three and Pulls Financial Services Into the AI Era

December 01, 2025
Do you remember the first time you used ChatGPT? It probably wasn’t Nov. 30, 2022, when the platform debuted. But it was probably soon after. More than 800 million weekly...

Quick Reads
LendingTree Connects ChatGPT Conversations to Its Financial Services Marketplace

August 04, 2026
LendingTree has launched a ChatGPT plug-in that enables consumers to explore current mortgage and refinance rates through a natural conversation with the artificial intelligence assistant. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, […]

OpenAI Reaches 1 Billion Active Users as AI Becomes Daily Habit

July 31, 2026
OpenAI’s models now reach more than 1 billion active users and more than 2 million businesses, OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar said in a Friday (July 31) blog post. Get the Full Story Complete...

OpenAI Cuts Prices on Select Models to Make High-Volume Work Economical

July 30, 2026
OpenAI has cut the price of GPT-5.6 Luna by 80%, cut the price of GPT-5.6 Terra by 20% and provided faster performance of GPT-5.6 Sol in the API while leaving...

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Agent That Executes Complex Workflows

July 09, 2026
OpenAI has begun rolling out a new agent in ChatGPT that is designed for work that is more complex than a typical chat request. Get the Full Story Complete the...