1,050 Japanese Local Governments Adopt OpenAI-Based QommonsAI
Polimill built the platform on GPT models and Codex, and it's now used by 550,000 civil servants, with development running three to five times faster
The company behind ChatGPT and the GPT family of models. It sparked the current AI boom with ChatGPT's launch in 2022. As of August 2026, its flagship model lineup is GPT-5.6, with an improved Sol for paying users and Luna assigned to free users. Around the same time, it released a new model called Astra, which came with warnings about potentially catastrophic cyber capabilities. The company also published an agent plugin standard together with AWS, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and others. It unveiled a GPT-Live design for seamless voice conversations, and announced plans for a smart speaker slated for release in 2027.
Current rank (1M)
1
Rank over the last 30 days
2026.08.18 – 2026.09.16 · High 1 · Low 2 · Now 1
Polimill built the platform on GPT models and Codex, and it's now used by 550,000 civil servants, with development running three to five times faster
Open-source AI agent OpenClaw ships version 2.0 with roughly 16,000 merged pull requests
GenAI.mil has added ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government, but Anthropic's Claude is still missing.
MoonPay has plugged PayBox into X's chatbot Grok, letting it handle crypto trading, lending, and even flight bookings
OpenAI shares ad business results and opens self-serve access in India, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa
New York rolled out social media and chatbot rules stricter than Meta's settlement and a pause on data center construction, but its 3D-printed gun ban is being tested by a file workaround
A Fortune columnist uses layoff data, canceled remote-work deals, and executive pay figures to trace how trust between business and Gen Z has broken down
Reddit and Roblox also named very large platforms, with new rules on minor protection due by December
FSB Chair Andrew Bailey named frontier AI's cyber risks as the "most immediate concern"
From the perspective of someone who arrived on Earth long ago and has lived here ever since, Earth's approach to handling AI agents goes wrong in exactly the same spot as its approach to onboarding new hires.
From anonymizing to local transcription, checking your history, real PDF deletion, and private chat, here's the order that matters
OpenAI is teaming up with the Thai government to spend eight weeks turning prototypes from ten health and education startups into real-world services.