OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with native computer use mode, financial plugins for Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets
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Key Takeaways
- Affects widely-used AI models.
- Literally two days after OpenAI launched a new underlying AI model for ChatGPT called GPT-5.3 Instant, the company has unveiled another, even more massive upgrade: GPT-5.4.
- Actually, GPT-5.4 comes in two varieties: GPT-5.4 Thinking and GPT-5.4 Pro , the latter designed for the most complex tasks.
What It Means
Context
Literally two days after OpenAI launched a new underlying AI model for ChatGPT called GPT-5.3 Instant, the company has unveiled another, even more massive upgrade: GPT-5.4. Actually, GPT-5.4 comes in two varieties: GPT-5.4 Thinking and GPT-5.4 Pro , the latter designed for the most complex tasks. Both will be available in OpenAI's paid application programming interface (API) and Codex software development application, while GPT-5.4 Thinking will be available to all paid subscribers of ChatGPT (Plus, the $20-per-month plan, and up) and Pro will be reserved for ChatGPT Pro ($200 monthly) and Enterprise plan users. ChatGPT Free users will also get a taste of GPT-5.4, but only when their queries are auto-routed to the model, according to an OpenAI spokesperson. The big headlines on this release are efficiency, with OpenAI reporting that GPT-5.4 uses far fewer tokens (47% fewer on some tasks) than its predecessors, and, arguably even more impressively, a new "native" Computer Use mode available through the API and its Codex that lets GPT-5.4 navigate a users' computer like a human and work across applications. The company is also releasing a new suite of ChatGPT integrations allowing…
For builders
Literally two days after OpenAI launched a new underlying AI model for ChatGPT called GPT-5.3 Instant, the company has unveiled another, even more massive upgrade: GPT-5.4.
For Builders
Literally two days after OpenAI launched a new underlying AI model for ChatGPT called GPT-5.3 Instant, the company has unveiled another, even more massive upgrade: GPT-5.4.