We’re providing grants to 14 independent projects exploring how AI can broaden economic opportunity and strengthen society’s resilience—from jobs and benefits to safety, science, and democratic accountability. These grants will help researchers and practitioners turn big policy ideas into scalable, practical work—testing what works, what it costs, and how governments and institutions could put those ideas into action responsibly.

OpenAI has entered into an agreement to utilize capacity at the PORTS-Pike Technology Data Center in Pike County, Ohio, working with SB Energy, NVIDIA, and the U.S. Department of Energy. Pike County helped power American industry in the last century. Here’s how we’ll ensure this project becomes a catalyst for future jobs, investment, and long-term opportunity in Southern Ohio. - SB Energy will pay the full cost of all grid upgrades and new transmission lines needed to serve the data center so the costs aren’t shifted to Ohio or other ratepayers in the region. - This data center will use closed-loop, air-cooled cooling systems that recirculate water rather than relying on cooling towers that continuously consume water. It is expected to use significantly less water than was historically used by the Portsmouth gaseous diffusion plant. - The project is expected to create 35,000 construction jobs during its six-year buildout through 2032 and 2,500 long-term operating jobs, with a focus on local workers, contractors, suppliers, trades, and service providers. - We will enable an initial combined community investment of $80 million: $40 million from OpenAI for priorities defined by the local community alongside SB Energy’s existing $40 million commitment. The project is also expected to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in state and local tax revenue over its lifetime, with local property taxes primarily supporting public schools. - OpenAI will make up to $84 million in Codex credits available to approximately 844,000 eligible Ohio college, community college, and technical school students aged 18 and older during the 2026–2027 academic year. - Each year, we will publish a report on our progress, and local input will help shape the Ohio Community Compact.

We’re working with the American Psychological Association to bring psychological science and clinical expertise into our work on AI and youth mental health. Together with the @APA, we’ll develop evidence-based guidance, resources, and safeguards to help ensure AI supports young people’s well-being and healthy development.

After Kiley was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, doctors told her she might have only months to live. At 18, she wrote a will, chose a casket, and began living scan to scan. But, over the next five years, she kept on living, defying expectations. Her scans stayed stable. Why? How? After a recent MRI, her husband @ColeLemasters used ChatGPT to help make sense of the dense language in her radiology report. That conversation led him back to Kiley’s original biopsy records, where ChatGPT helped surface a crucial detail: an IDH1 mutation. In partnership with her neuro-oncologist, he then confirmed what that meant. Under updated medical standards, Kiley’s tumor was not glioblastoma, but an IDH-mutant astrocytoma: still serious, but with a very different prognosis. Instead of bracing for the worst, Kiley and her doctors began focusing her treatment plan on long-term care. Now, after years of uncertainty, she and Cole are planning for a future.

OpenAI is announcing $17 million in new commitments to support researchers participating in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission—expanding access to frontier AI and technical collaboration to accelerate American scientific discovery.

We’re developing Project Camellia, a long-term AI infrastructure project in Effingham County, Georgia. There is significant work ahead. Here is the approach guiding that work: - Georgia families will not subsidize this project. OpenAI will pay all infrastructure and electric-service costs; Georgia PSC rules prohibit passing them to existing ratepayers. It will also be one of the first data centers designed to proactively reduce demand during grid stress. - The project is being designed with closed-loop cooling that recirculates water, similar to a car radiator. Once fully built, ongoing water use is expected to be comparable to a similar size office building. - The project is expected to create thousands of construction and permanent on-site jobs, generate hundreds of millions of dollars in state and local tax revenue, and prioritize local contractors and businesses. - OpenAI will provide $80 million in community benefits over the life of the project, shaped by local priorities, plus up to $71 million in Codex credits for eligible Georgia college, community college, and technical school students. - We’ve been meeting with state and local officials, community leaders, schools, and regional partners. A public open house this week and continued conversations will help shape how we benefit the community. An annual independent public audit will help hold the project accountable.

With nine kids and a no-screens rule on Sundays, Ben Kalkman wanted a project his whole family could build together: a new treehouse. Ben used ChatGPT as his construction consultant, helping Ben shape the structural design, source materials, and, crucially, translate his kids’ “wild ideas” into actual, buildable plans. Today, the treehouse is still evolving, and the family project keeps growing one Sunday - and one wild idea - at a time.

David Vélez, founder and Global CEO of Nubank, and Robin Vince, Chairman and CEO of BNY, are joining the boards of @FoundationOAI and OpenAI Group PBC. They bring deep experience in technology, finance, and expanding economic opportunity globally.

After Sekhar’s father developed frontal lobe dementia, he realized that could be him one day, and he didn’t want his own care to be a future burden for his husband Jim. With help from ChatGPT and Codex, he and founding volunteer Katie Brandt built Foreguard— a free tool that helps families claim public benefits they’re already entitled to, and plan ahead with private insurance including life, disability, and long-term care coverage tailored to their family history. On the planning side, Foreguard shows how even modest budgets of $100 a month can create millions of dollars of day-one financial protection. For Sekhar the goal is simple: help families prepare earlier, with more clarity, before care decisions become urgent.

A mushroom grow kit sparked Hunter’s curiosity and grew into Mountain Mushrooms. Now ChatGPT helps him run the business and build custom machines to automate the work behind it:

Vishal lost his leg at six years old, but he never gave up his love for cycling. He kept riding, and with limited access to professional coaching, Vishal turned to ChatGPT to help plan his training, optimize his nutrition, support his recovery, and research ideas to improve his cycling prosthetic design. After just one year of competitive racing he qualified for elite competition, earning the chance to represent India at the 2026 Asian Para Road Cycling Championships in Saudi Arabia and the Para Cycling Road World Cup in Thailand.

GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna from @OpenAI are now generally available on Amazon Bedrock. Three tiers of intelligence, from flagship reasoning to fast inference, running on Bedrock's next-generation inference engine built for high-performance, security, scale, and reliability.

For James Costello, demolition has always been about understanding how things come together before taking them apart. As a structural engineer overseeing some of New York City’s most complex high-rise demolition projects, he brings years of experience, precision, and problem-solving into every project. Beyond the skyline, James is also growing DEMTEC, a demolition business built from his family’s roots in the industry. But running a business means managing much more than what happens on site — from estimating and contracts to compliance documents and construction plans, there is an entire world of work behind every project. Today, James uses ChatGPT to help navigate that complexity. From reviewing lengthy contracts and identifying important details to organizing documentation and creating construction plans, ChatGPT helps him move through critical workflows faster and with more confidence. By combining decades of industry knowledge with new technology, James is creating more space to grow his business, support his team, and spend time with the people who matter most.

Big Chan was making moves in hip-hop, but her biggest breakthrough came after the music stopped. With her career at a crossroads, she moved to Atlanta, found a sewing machine in a friend’s attic, and taught herself a new craft. Inspired to design by her mother’s legendary disco style, Chan uses ChatGPT to help refine her sketches and bring her visions to life. She continues to create her own opportunities within the fashion industry, now dressing some of entertainment’s biggest names.

Emma Dahl wanted a wedding dress that was historically-inspired, deeply personal, and unlike anything she could buy—including incorporating pearls from her grandmother’s necklace. So she turned to ChatGPT to help. “Because I was using some pretty niche historical sewing techniques with very little information online, I spent months going back and forth with ChatGPT asking super specific questions, troubleshooting construction details, and slowly turning my idea into a real dress. It covered everything from helping me upgrade my sewing machine, to historical corset construction. It even helped me figure out what shape to cut my veil and figure out how pack up all the orchids I'd been growing and travel with them to use in my bouquet.”

In 2021, Patrick Cheng acquired a struggling restaurant and began using ChatGPT to redesign menus, optimize pricing, and improve marketing and customer communications. The result? More than 200% growth in sales and a tripling of the restaurants catering business. Now he’s turning that playbook outward with NextGen, a nonprofit dedicated to helping family-owned businesses modernize through AI adoption, technology education, and micro-grants.

Running multiple businesses in Rockaway beach is no small feat—so Mike and Mike are using ChatGPT to help forecast surf conditions, build instructor schedules, manage payroll and inventory, and navigate permits and local regulations so they can focus on what's important.

You may remember the first image of a black hole that computational astrophysicist Chi-kwan Chan helped capture. Now he’s working toward something no one has made before: the first video of one.