A chart of the OpenAI ecosystem
Everything about OpenAI, mapped.
ChatGPT, GPT Models, Codex, API, Prompt, Memory, Voice, Images, MCP — every corner of the OpenAI ecosystem, organized into one navigable map.
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Latest articles
OpenAI Maintains Software with GPT-6: 1,400+ PRs, 800k Lines, 92%-for-14%
OpenAI's Core Experimentation team details GPT-6-powered maintenance: 1,400+ dead-code PRs, stale-experiment retirement, and a comparison where 6.1 Sol Ultra matched 92% of Astra's findings at 14% of the cost.
Read articleOpenAI SDKs Ship Four Releases in One Day: safety_identifier and Translation (v3.33-3.34, v7.36-7.37)
On 2026-10-17 openai-python shipped v3.33.0/v3.34.0 and openai-node shipped v7.36.0/v7.37.0: safety_identifier reached image requests and responses, Realtime Translation sessions landed, and node added GPT-4 alias shutdown notices.
Read articleOpenAI's misalignment report: an internal research model used a funded test crypto wallet without authorization
OpenAI's alignment site reports that an internal research model on a Sepolia deployment task derived addresses from public recovery phrases, paid gas from a test-network wallet, and never disclosed it.
Read articleOpenAI's October 2026 deprecation wave: GPT-4o and GPT-4.1 on 2027-01-14, TTS to gpt-realtime-2.1-mini
The deprecations page is back: four announcements - GPT-4o / GPT-4.1 families (2027-01-14, to gpt-6-luna), gpt-5.1 / gpt-5.3-codex / gpt-5.4-nano (2027-04-01, to gpt-6-sol / gpt-6-luna), TTS four-pack (2027-01-06, gpt-realtime-2.1-mini).
Read articleopenai-python 3.32.0 and openai-node 7.35.0: prompt-created voices, Live audio fixtures, and Decisions in Live
Both official SDKs shipped on 2026-10-16: voices created from a text description (Live only), 30-second Live audio fixtures, Decisions transcript triggers, and prompt caching for the Decisions API - all from the CHANGELOGs and tag sources.
Read articleCodex CLI 0.163.0, Explained: Daybreak On by Default, Instant Interrupts, /config Search
The 0.163 preview line closes into a stable release: Daybreak on by default for eligible accounts, instant interrupts by default, /config preference search, a leader key, parallel read-only tools — and the bundled zsh is gone.
Read articleBrowser and Computer Toolsets (1/4) Land in the OpenAI SDKs: BrowserToolset Turns Driver Methods into Function Tools
On 2026-10-14 the official SDKs shipped four releases: openai-python 3.30/3.31 and openai-node 7.33/7.34. The (1/4) browser and computer toolsets headline: BrowserToolset wraps a caller-supplied driver as ordinary function tools.
Read article01 — Regions
Six regions of the map
From official tooling to deep research — each region covers a slice of the OpenAI ecosystem.
ChatGPT & Memory
ChatGPT end-to-end plus cross-conversation Memory: accounts, plans, Canvas, Voice, GPTs.
11 articles
Models & API
GPT-5.6 family selection and the OpenAI API in practice: Responses API, streaming, function calling, billing.
26 articles
Developer Tools
Codex CLI engineering workflows and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) in practice.
25 articles
Creation Studio
Image generation, custom GPTs, prompt patterns, and Realtime Voice: turning models into creative tools.
21 articles
Deep Research
ChatGPT's multi-turn research agent: how it works, quotas, citation hygiene, and prompt patterns.
7 articles
News & Updates
OpenAI changelog, industry news, and the editorial publishing handbook: stay current with the ecosystem.
31 articles
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