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Sam's News — gpt — 2026-10-11

AI

7 GPT-6 Becomes ChatGPT Default Model

OpenAI released GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna on September 22, 2026, expanding access following GPT-6 Astra's early-September launch. GPT-6 Luna became available to free and Go users in the ChatGPT desktop app only; free and Go users in the Chat window continue using GPT-5.6 Luna as default. Sol makes roughly half as many factual mistakes as GPT-5.6 Sol; Luna at higher effort settings matches GPT-5.6 Sol at one-hundredth the cost.

  • GPT-6 Sol: $2 per million input tokens, $10 per million output tokens
  • GPT-6 Luna: $0.10 and $0.50 per million tokens; 90% discount on cached input
  • Sol makes ~50% fewer factual mistakes than GPT-5.6 Sol
  • Luna available to free/Go users in desktop app only, not web/mobile/Chat window

Sources: Notebookcheck News AI Web Searched, TNW (The Next Web) AI Web Searched, 9to5Mac AI Web Searched, Medium RSS

USA Today sues OpenAI for $250 million over copyright infringement claims.

  • Suit alleges OpenAI copied 'hundreds of thousands' of articles without permission
  • Damages sought exceed $250 million
  • Plaintiffs include USA Today, The Tennessean, Indy Star, Columbus Dispatch, The Oklahoman
  • OpenAI faces growing litigation from NYT, The Intercept, Ziff Davis, CBC, Britannica, and ~400 local newspapers
  • Filed October 8, 2026

Sources: TheDesk.net RSS Update to: USA Today sues OpenAI over copyrighted news content in AI training

6 ChatGPT Intelligent UI Adds Charts and Calculators to Responses for 1.2B Users

ChatGPT introduces intelligent interface features with embedded charts and calculators available to 1.2 billion users.

Sources: Yellow.com RSS

4 Your ChatGPT dot can now edit the automations you scheduled, and start your Codex work

ChatGPT feature update allows users to edit scheduled automations and manage code generation tasks.

Sources: MIXED Reality News RSS

4 Anthropic vs OpenAI: Subscription Value Gap Analysis

AI industry analysis compares subscription value propositions between Anthropic and OpenAI.

Sources: AI: Reset to Zero RSS

4 ChatGPT Embeds Calculators and Games in Responses, Excluding Pro Reasoning

ChatGPT adds interactive calculators and games to answers but excludes this feature from Pro reasoning mode.

Sources: MIXED Reality News RSS

Security

6.5 Iran used ChatGPT and fake bylines to infiltrate Western news outlets

OpenAI disclosed that Iranian actors used ChatGPT and fabricated bylines to submit content to Western news organizations.

  • ~100 articles placed under 7 fabricated journalist names
  • Accounts disabled after discovery of influence operation

Sources: Ynetnews RSS Update to: OpenAI blocks ChatGPT accounts used in Iran-linked influence campaign