OpenAI AI Updates: May 1, 2026

1. OpenAI Rolls Out Advanced Account Security With Phishing-Resistant Login

OpenAI introduced Advanced Account Security, a hardened login and recovery posture aimed at preventing account takeover for customers handling sensitive data. The feature set includes phishing-resistant authentication, stronger account recovery flows, and additional protections layered on top of existing SSO and MFA options. The rollout slots in alongside the company’s recent FedRAMP Moderate authorization as part of a broader push to make ChatGPT Enterprise and the API defensible inside regulated environments. Source

2. Codex CLI 0.128.0 Adds Persistent Goals, Plugin Marketplace, and Permission Profiles

OpenAI shipped Codex CLI 0.128.0, a substantial release that introduces persisted /goal workflows backed by app-server APIs and runtime continuation, a new codex update command, and configurable terminal keymaps. Permission handling was reworked around explicit profiles with built-in defaults and sandbox controls, deprecating the legacy --full-auto flag, while plugins gained marketplace installation and remote caching. The release also fixes resume and interruption issues, hardens proxy and IPv6 behavior, and updates bundled documentation for GPT-5.5. Source