OpenAI President Greg Brockman on GPT-5.5 “Spud,” AI Model Moats, and a ‘Compute Powered Economy’

The End of the Chatbot Era: Inside OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 Super App Revolution

Beyond the Chat Box It was only a few years ago that we were collectively losing our minds over a bot that could write a halfway decent limerick. On April 23, 2026, OpenAI officially turned the page on that era of novelty. The release of GPT-5.5 doesn’t just represent a incremental upgrade in logic; it marks the birth of what the company calls its “AI super app.” We are no longer just chatting with a smart machine; we are collaborating with a un…

OpenAI President Greg Brockman on GPT-5.5 “Spud,” AI Model Moats, and a ‘Compute Powered Economy’

OpenAI released its long-awaited GPT-5.5, or “Spud,” model on Thursday. The model is “a beginning point,” OpenAI President Greg Brockman told me shortly after release, setting up a series built to take action on your behalf and accomplish your goals. GPT-5.5, Brockman said, is adept at coding and computer control, able to act without arduous amounts of instruction. “In many ways, it is a step towards a new way of getting work done with a compute…