OpenAI AI Updates: July 7, 2026

1. Codex Task Management Comes to ChatGPT for iOS

OpenAI. OpenAI updated the ChatGPT for iOS app to let users create, search, open, fork, and manage Codex tasks directly from a conversation. The release adds attachment previews with integrated Photos and Camera pickers, an SSH connection shortcut with private key authentication, and visibility into usage limits and credits from the task menu. It also improves diff navigation, autocomplete, and the status indicator for tasks that need input. Source

2. New gpt-realtime-2.1 Models Land on the API

OpenAI. OpenAI released two new Realtime API models, gpt-realtime-2.1 and gpt-realtime-2.1-mini, for low-latency voice and multimodal applications. The company reported at least 25% lower p95 latency across its Realtime voice models. The update also cites improved speech recognition, noise handling, reasoning, tool use, and instruction following. Source