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Public story · 2026-08-30 · source-backed
The official DALL·E GPT is being removed from ChatGPT on August 30, with users told to download images they want to keep and use ChatGPT Images instead. Separately, ChatGPT now supports connecting multiple accounts for the Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Contacts plugins, so it can search several inboxes or reconcile two calendars in one request, live globally on Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise across web, desktop, iOS and Android. (OpenAI Help Center)
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