The Verge:
GPT-5.5 is rolling out to Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users in ChatGPT and Codex, and GPT-5.5 Pro to Pro, Business, and Enterprise users in ChatGPT  —  The new model ‘excels’ at tasks like writing and debugging code and doing work across different tools.

Madison Mills / Axios:
OpenAI says GPT-5.5's improvements are strongest in agentic coding, computer use, and early scientific research, which require reasoning across longer contexts  —  OpenAI on Thursday released its most capable model, GPT-5.5, codenamed “Spud,” just one week after competitor Anthropic launched its latest model.

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
OpenAI launches GPT-5.5, designed to handle complex tasks with minimal guidance; the model will be used to power the company's upcoming “super app”  —  OpenAI is introducing an artificial intelligence model that's intended to be better at completing work without much direction …

OpenAI just announced its new GPT-5.5 model, which the company calls its "smartest and most intuitive to use model yet, and the next step toward a new way of getting work done on a computer." OpenAI just released GPT-5.4 last month, but says that the new GPT-5.5 "excels" at tasks like writing and debugging code, […]

Tom Warren / The Verge:
At a town hall, Asha Sharma said Microsoft is returning to using Xbox for its gaming division, instead of Microsoft Gaming, as “Xbox needs to be our identity”  —  Xbox is Microsoft's gaming identity moving forward. … Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has had a busy week.