Overview

• ChatGPT Agent is now live with features that search calendar availability, locate restaurants by criteria, make reservations and generate presentations.
• CEO Sam Altman warns users to restrict the agent’s data permissions, advising against granting access to sensitive sources such as emails until its security is proven.
• Free access to the GPT-3.5 model remains available globally, supporting more than 2.5 billion daily requests and over 500 million weekly active users.
• OpenAI has held talks with platforms including Shopify to explore embedding full purchase workflows directly within the chat experience.
• Rising compute and energy expenses driven by user interactions—including polite prompts like “please” and “thank you”—have added tens of millions of dollars in operational costs.