Ash AI Daily — 23 October 2026

Two verified OpenAI signals: a generally available API for fast bounded decisions, and a company-wide deployment that puts connected agents into everyday knowledge work.

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01OpenAI makes the Decisions API generally available
02Uber rolls out ChatGPT Work to more than 30,000 employees

Story 1AI Daily

OpenAI makes the Decisions API generally available

OpenAI has made its Decisions API generally available. Built with GPT-6 Luna, it is designed for bounded answers from text, images and structured inputs; OpenAI says it can handle up to 400 questions in a request. The product also includes native JSON inputs, prompt caching, GPT-Live integration and US/EU inference residency.

OpenAI has made its Decisions API generally available. Built with GPT-6 Luna, it is designed for bounded answers from text, images and structured inputs; OpenAI says it can handle up to 400 questions in a request. The product also includes native JSON inputs, prompt caching, GPT-Live integration and US/EU inference residency.

Why it matters

This is a lower-latency control layer for agent applications: teams can separate routing, classification and action choices from open-ended generation. The trade-off is scope—use it for defined choices, not as a replacement for full reasoning or workflow governance.

Sources

OpenAI makes the Decisions API generally availableOpenAI — Build more responsive apps with the Decisions API · Oct 23, 2026

Story 2AI Daily

Uber rolls out ChatGPT Work to more than 30,000 employees

Uber is rolling out ChatGPT Work across its global workforce after a 1,000-employee pilot, according to OpenAI. The agentic platform connects with Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar and Slack so employees can research, prepare meeting briefs, create presentations, analyse data and complete workflows across applications.

Uber is rolling out ChatGPT Work across its global workforce after a 1,000-employee pilot, according to OpenAI. The agentic platform connects with Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar and Slack so employees can research, prepare meeting briefs, create presentations, analyse data and complete workflows across applications.

Why it matters

Moving from pilot to company-wide deployment is a meaningful operating signal. Connected agents can reduce coordination work, but the value depends on access controls, data policy, auditability and well-designed approval paths across the systems where work actually happens.

Sources

Uber rolls out ChatGPT Work to more than 30,000 employeesOpenAI — Uber brings ChatGPT Work to all employees · Oct 23, 2026