OpenAI has launched GPT-5.4, its first model with native computer-use capabilities, alongside financial plugins for Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets.

OpenAI integrates Excel support and live financial data into ChatGPT, creating a powerful spreadsheet co-pilot for traders, analysts, and crypto investors.

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).

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