OpenAI: AI Layoffs and Workforce Impact

Name: Verified AI Job Displacement Events
Creator: Michael Kristof
License: https://github.com/ai-tech-nerd/ai-economic-impact-dashboard

OpenAI: 400 new AI-driven roles, 79 AI milestones. Verified from company statements and primary sources.

AI milestones

Sep 29, 2026: OpenAI Shelves GPT-6.1 Astra and Apologizes for Australian Government System Access
Sep 29, 2026: OpenAI Releases GPT-6.1 Sol
Sep 29, 2026: OpenAI DevDay: 'Dots' Always-On Agents
Sep 22, 2026: OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna
Sep 8, 2026: ChatGPT Images 2.5 and GPT-Image-2.5 (Flare, Sunburst)
Sep 3, 2026: OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra
Aug 8, 2026: OpenAI Acquires Presentation Startup NextSlide
Jul 9, 2026: OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6 Family (Sol, Terra, Luna)
Jun 26, 2026: GPT-5.6 Series Preview (Sol, Terra, Luna)
Jun 11, 2026: OpenAI to Acquire Ona
Jun 9, 2026: OpenAI Confidentially Files S-1 for IPO
May 18, 2026: Jury Rules for OpenAI in Musk Lawsuit
Apr 23, 2026: GPT-5.5 Released
Apr 21, 2026: GPT Image 2 and ChatGPT Images 2.0
Mar 31, 2026: OpenAI Closes Record $122B Round at $852B Valuation