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).
OpenAI integrates Excel support and live financial data into ChatGPT, creating a powerful spreadsheet co-pilot for traders, analysts, and crypto investors.
Excel table formulas shift from cell positions to named columns with #All-style tags, keeping calculations readable when layouts change.
Over the course of nearly 300 posts, Jonathan Bennett set a very high bar for this column, so we knew it needed to be placed in the hands of somebody who could do it justice.