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  "id": 10751605,
  "title": "OpenAI expands ChatGPT plugins with interactive panels and file viewers, launches a Plugin Creator tool, and adds MCP Events support for plugin automations (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/openai-expands-chatgpt-plugins-with-interactive-panels-and-file",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-29T18:26:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/29/openai-expands-chatgpts-plugins-with-app-like-interfaces-and-automations/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "OpenAI has introduced new features for ChatGPT, including interactive panels and file viewers, as well as a Plugin Creator tool. The company has also added MCP Events support for plugin automations.\n\nThese updates appear to position ChatGPT as a productivity tool, with features similar to those found in office software suites. According to TechCrunch, OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman described a new feature called Space, a shared workspace inside ChatGPT where coworkers can collaborate with the chatbot and AI agent personas, called Dots.\n\nOpenAI has also launched Pages, a word processor designed for human and agent collaboration, and collaborative slides, which can be created with simple text prompts.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "OpenAI says users can message Dots through ChatGPT, Slack, and Microsoft Teams and join a waitlist to text via iMessage or RCS messaging on Android (Reece Rogers/Wired)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/openai-says-users-can-message-dots-through-chatgpt-slack-and",
        "published": "2026-09-29T17:35:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "OpenAI takes on Microsoft with the launch of what feels a whole lot like ChatGPT’s own office suite",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/openai-takes-on-microsoft-with-the-launch-of-what-feels-a-whole-lot",
        "published": "2026-09-29T17:45:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}