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May 8, 2026OpenAI

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Key Changes RealtimeAgent's default is now gpt-realtime-2 Since this version, the default model for RealtimeAgents is gpt-realtime-2: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-realtime-2 Sandbox local source materialization change In this version, sandbox local source materialization keeps L

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