From 4 November, OpenAI will make ChatGPT Go free in India for a year, giving users premium GPT-5 access, faster replies, and smarter AI capabilities without subscription fees.

OpenAI said it's working with mental health professionals to improve ChatGPT's responses. The AI chatbot has 800 million weekly active users.

Microsoft will still hold a stake of about $135 billion, or 27%, in OpenAI Group PBC, which will be controlled by the OpenAI Foundation, a nonprofit

ChatGPT maker OpenAI was unable to hold off infringement claims arising from AI-generated summaries of the “Game of Thrones” books series and outlines for potential sequels in the fantasy franchise.

The ‘company knowledge’ update allows ChatGPT to be used as a search engine for workspace data.

OpenAI has shared over 50 use cases of ChatGPT by college students from top Indian universities like the Indian Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), and Delhi Technical Campus among others.

The new safety improvements concern conversations about mental health issues such as psychosis and mania, self-harm and suicide, as well as emotional dependencies on AI. This means that cases requiring a special response from the chatbot have been expanded. In the future, these will also be addressed in the models' safety tests.

OpenAI has recently told users that its latest chatbot update aims to become a safer tool for users experiencing distress.