diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 379f6310..02f580a0 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# [Choice] Python version (use -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): 3, 3.10, 3.9, 3.8, 3.7, 3.6, 3-bullseye, 3.10-bullseye, 3.9-bullseye, 3.8-bullseye, 3.7-bullseye, 3.6-bullseye, 3-buster, 3.10-buster, 3.9-buster, 3.8-buster, 3.7-buster, 3.6-buster
+# [Choice] Python version (use -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): 3, 3.10, 3-bullseye, 3.10-bullseye, 3-buster, 3.10-buster
 ARG VARIANT=3-bullseye
-FROM --platform=linux/amd64 python:3.8
+FROM --platform=linux/amd64 python:3.10
 
 RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
     # Remove imagemagick due to https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-10131
-    && apt-get purge -y imagemagick imagemagick-6-common 
+    && apt-get purge -y imagemagick imagemagick-6-common
 
 # Temporary: Upgrade python packages due to https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40897
 # They are installed by the base image (python) which does not have the patch.
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
 #     && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends <your-package-list-here>
 
 # [Optional] Uncomment this line to install global node packages.
-# RUN su vscode -c "source /usr/local/share/nvm/nvm.sh && npm install -g <your-package-here>" 2>&1
\ No newline at end of file
+# RUN su vscode -c "source /usr/local/share/nvm/nvm.sh && npm install -g <your-package-here>" 2>&1
diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index ac3efacd..12db1567 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 ################################################################################
 ### AUTO-GPT - GENERAL SETTINGS
 ################################################################################
-## EXECUTE_LOCAL_COMMANDS - Allow local command execution (Example: False)
+
+## EXECUTE_LOCAL_COMMANDS - Allow local command execution (Default: False)
+## RESTRICT_TO_WORKSPACE - Restrict file operations to workspace ./auto_gpt_workspace (Default: True)
 # EXECUTE_LOCAL_COMMANDS=False
+# RESTRICT_TO_WORKSPACE=True
 
 ## BROWSE_CHUNK_MAX_LENGTH - When browsing website, define the length of chunk stored in memory
 # BROWSE_CHUNK_MAX_LENGTH=8192
@@ -13,10 +16,6 @@
 ## AI_SETTINGS_FILE - Specifies which AI Settings file to use (defaults to ai_settings.yaml)
 # AI_SETTINGS_FILE=ai_settings.yaml
 
-## USE_WEB_BROWSER - Sets the web-browser drivers to use with selenium (defaults to chrome).
-## Note: set this to either 'chrome', 'firefox', or 'safari' depending on your current browser
-# USE_WEB_BROWSER=chrome
-
 ################################################################################
 ### LLM PROVIDER
 ################################################################################
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ OPENAI_API_KEY=your-openai-api-key
 
 ### MILVUS
 ## MILVUS_ADDR - Milvus remote address (e.g. localhost:19530)
-## MILVUS_COLLECTION - Milvus collection, 
+## MILVUS_COLLECTION - Milvus collection,
 ## change it if you want to start a new memory and retain the old memory.
 # MILVUS_ADDR=your-milvus-cluster-host-port
 # MILVUS_COLLECTION=autogpt
@@ -136,9 +135,14 @@ OPENAI_API_KEY=your-openai-api-key
 # GITHUB_USERNAME=your-github-username
 
 ################################################################################
-### SEARCH PROVIDER
+### WEB BROWSING
 ################################################################################
 
+### BROWSER
+## USE_WEB_BROWSER - Sets the web-browser driver to use with selenium (default: chrome).
+##   Note: set this to either 'chrome', 'firefox', or 'safari' depending on your current browser
+# USE_WEB_BROWSER=chrome
+
 ### GOOGLE
 ## GOOGLE_API_KEY - Google API key (Example: my-google-api-key)
 ## CUSTOM_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID - Custom search engine ID (Example: my-custom-search-engine-id)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index c5a42b2c..53b6e7a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ jobs:
     environment: benchmark
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.8]
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11']
 
     steps:
     - name: Check out repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2eb34b9d..b37e7f00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -2,26 +2,54 @@ name: Python CI
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - master
+    branches: [master]
   pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - '**'
-  pull_request_target:
-    branches:
-      - '**'
+    branches: [master]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ format('ci-{0}', format('pr-{0}', github.event.pull_request.number) || github.sha) }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: [3.8]
+    env:
+      min-python-version: '3.10'
 
     steps:
     - name: Check out repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ env.min-python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ env.min-python-version }}
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+    - name: Lint with flake8
+      run: flake8
+
+    - name: Check black formatting
+      run: black . --check
+      if: success() || failure()
+
+    - name: Check isort formatting
+      run: isort . --check
+      if: success() || failure()
+
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11']
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Check out repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@v2
@@ -33,18 +61,6 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install -r requirements.txt
 
-    - name: Lint with flake8
-      continue-on-error: false
-      run: flake8
-
-    - name: Check black formatting
-      continue-on-error: false
-      run: black . --check
-
-    - name: Check isort formatting
-      continue-on-error: false
-      run: isort . --check
-
     - name: Run unittest tests with coverage
       run: |
         pytest --cov=autogpt --without-integration --without-slow-integration
@@ -53,3 +69,4 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         coverage report
         coverage xml
+      if: success() || failure()
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 26d7e5a3..85111ce9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -157,3 +157,6 @@ vicuna-*
 
 # mac
 .DS_Store
+
+# news
+CURRENT_BULLETIN.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.sourcery.yaml b/.sourcery.yaml
index a7f5b9d7..da171e75 100644
--- a/.sourcery.yaml
+++ b/.sourcery.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ rule_settings:
   - refactoring
   - suggestion
   - comment
-  python_version: '3.9' # A string specifying the lowest Python version your project supports. Sourcery will not suggest refactorings requiring a higher Python version.
+  python_version: '3.10' # A string specifying the lowest Python version your project supports. Sourcery will not suggest refactorings requiring a higher Python version.
 
 # rules:  # A list of custom rules Sourcery will include in its analysis.
 # - id: no-print-statements
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ rule_settings:
 # proxy:
 #   url:
 #   ssl_certs_file:
-#   no_ssl_verify: false
\ No newline at end of file
+#   no_ssl_verify: false
diff --git a/BULLETIN.md b/BULLETIN.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..735048dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BULLETIN.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Welcome to Auto-GPT! We'll keep you informed of the latest news and features by printing messages here.
+If you don't wish to see this message, you can run Auto-GPT with the --skip-news flag
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 09b5303d..83961549 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Use an official Python base image from the Docker Hub
-FROM python:3.11-slim
+FROM python:3.10-slim
 
 # Install git
 RUN apt-get -y update
diff --git a/autogpt/cli.py b/autogpt/cli.py
index 8ed9abb0..a69a53ac 100644
--- a/autogpt/cli.py
+++ b/autogpt/cli.py
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ import click
     is_flag=True,
     help="Dangerous: Allows Auto-GPT to download files natively.",
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--skip-news",
+    is_flag=True,
+    help="Specifies whether to suppress the output of latest news on startup.",
+)
 @click.pass_context
 def main(
     ctx: click.Context,
@@ -56,6 +61,7 @@ def main(
     memory_type: str,
     browser_name: str,
     allow_downloads: bool,
+    skip_news: bool,
 ) -> None:
     """
     Welcome to AutoGPT an experimental open-source application showcasing the capabilities of the GPT-4 pushing the boundaries of AI.
@@ -73,6 +79,7 @@ def main(
     from autogpt.logs import logger
     from autogpt.memory import get_memory
     from autogpt.prompt import construct_prompt
+    from autogpt.utils import get_latest_bulletin
 
     if ctx.invoked_subcommand is None:
         cfg = Config()
@@ -90,9 +97,14 @@ def main(
             memory_type,
             browser_name,
             allow_downloads,
+            skip_news,
         )
         logger.set_level(logging.DEBUG if cfg.debug_mode else logging.INFO)
         ai_name = ""
+        if not cfg.skip_news:
+            motd = get_latest_bulletin()
+            if motd:
+                logger.typewriter_log("NEWS: ", Fore.GREEN, motd)
         system_prompt = construct_prompt()
         # print(prompt)
         # Initialize variables
diff --git a/autogpt/commands/execute_code.py b/autogpt/commands/execute_code.py
index 95ba6122..11266f85 100644
--- a/autogpt/commands/execute_code.py
+++ b/autogpt/commands/execute_code.py
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ def execute_python_file(file: str) -> str:
 
         return logs
 
+    except docker.errors.DockerException as e:
+        print(
+            "Could not run the script in a container. If you haven't already, please install Docker https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/"
+        )
+        return f"Error: {str(e)}"
+
     except Exception as e:
         return f"Error: {str(e)}"
 
diff --git a/autogpt/commands/file_operations.py b/autogpt/commands/file_operations.py
index 72b02b5d..ad145ec9 100644
--- a/autogpt/commands/file_operations.py
+++ b/autogpt/commands/file_operations.py
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
 import os.path
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Generator, List
+from typing import Generator
 
 import requests
 from colorama import Back, Fore
diff --git a/autogpt/commands/web_selenium.py b/autogpt/commands/web_selenium.py
index 9db5d035..11bdfeb1 100644
--- a/autogpt/commands/web_selenium.py
+++ b/autogpt/commands/web_selenium.py
@@ -81,7 +81,12 @@ def scrape_text_with_selenium(url: str) -> tuple[WebDriver, str]:
         if platform == "linux" or platform == "linux2":
             options.add_argument("--disable-dev-shm-usage")
             options.add_argument("--remote-debugging-port=9222")
+
         options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
+        if CFG.selenium_headless:
+            options.add_argument("--headless")
+            options.add_argument("--disable-gpu")
+
         driver = webdriver.Chrome(
             executable_path=ChromeDriverManager().install(), options=options
         )
diff --git a/autogpt/config/config.py b/autogpt/config/config.py
index 89ddcd33..340ee979 100644
--- a/autogpt/config/config.py
+++ b/autogpt/config/config.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ class Config(metaclass=Singleton):
         self.speak_mode = False
         self.skip_reprompt = False
         self.allow_downloads = False
+        self.skip_news = False
 
-        self.selenium_web_browser = os.getenv("USE_WEB_BROWSER", "chrome")
         self.ai_settings_file = os.getenv("AI_SETTINGS_FILE", "ai_settings.yaml")
         self.fast_llm_model = os.getenv("FAST_LLM_MODEL", "gpt-3.5-turbo")
         self.smart_llm_model = os.getenv("SMART_LLM_MODEL", "gpt-4")
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ class Config(metaclass=Singleton):
         self.execute_local_commands = (
             os.getenv("EXECUTE_LOCAL_COMMANDS", "False") == "True"
         )
+        self.restrict_to_workspace = (
+            os.getenv("RESTRICT_TO_WORKSPACE", "True") == "True"
+        )
 
         if self.use_azure:
             self.load_azure_config()
@@ -87,7 +90,11 @@ class Config(metaclass=Singleton):
             "HUGGINGFACE_AUDIO_TO_TEXT_MODEL"
         )
 
-        # User agent headers to use when browsing web
+        # Selenium browser settings
+        self.selenium_web_browser = os.getenv("USE_WEB_BROWSER", "chrome")
+        self.selenium_headless = os.getenv("HEADLESS_BROWSER", "True") == "True"
+
+        # User agent header to use when making HTTP requests
         # Some websites might just completely deny request with an error code if
         # no user agent was found.
         self.user_agent = os.getenv(
@@ -95,6 +102,7 @@ class Config(metaclass=Singleton):
             "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_4) AppleWebKit/537.36"
             " (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/83.0.4103.97 Safari/537.36",
         )
+
         self.redis_host = os.getenv("REDIS_HOST", "localhost")
         self.redis_port = os.getenv("REDIS_PORT", "6379")
         self.redis_password = os.getenv("REDIS_PASSWORD", "")
diff --git a/autogpt/configurator.py b/autogpt/configurator.py
index 247cdac9..1dc3be12 100644
--- a/autogpt/configurator.py
+++ b/autogpt/configurator.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ def create_config(
     memory_type: str,
     browser_name: str,
     allow_downloads: bool,
+    skip_news: bool,
 ) -> None:
     """Updates the config object with the given arguments.
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ def create_config(
         memory_type (str): The type of memory backend to use
         browser_name (str): The name of the browser to use when using selenium to scrape the web
         allow_downloads (bool): Whether to allow Auto-GPT to download files natively
-
+        skips_news (bool): Whether to suppress the output of latest news on startup
     """
     CFG.set_debug_mode(False)
     CFG.set_continuous_mode(False)
@@ -126,5 +127,8 @@ def create_config(
         )
         CFG.allow_downloads = True
 
+    if skip_news:
+        CFG.skip_news = True
+
     if browser_name:
         CFG.selenium_web_browser = browser_name
diff --git a/autogpt/utils.py b/autogpt/utils.py
index db7d3321..0f52c060 100644
--- a/autogpt/utils.py
+++ b/autogpt/utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import os
+
+import requests
 import yaml
 from colorama import Fore
 
@@ -37,3 +40,28 @@ def readable_file_size(size, decimal_places=2):
             break
         size /= 1024.0
     return f"{size:.{decimal_places}f} {unit}"
+
+
+def get_bulletin_from_web() -> str:
+    try:
+        response = requests.get(
+            "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Significant-Gravitas/Auto-GPT/master/BULLETIN.md"
+        )
+        if response.status_code == 200:
+            return response.text
+    except:
+        return ""
+
+
+def get_latest_bulletin() -> str:
+    exists = os.path.exists("CURRENT_BULLETIN.md")
+    current_bulletin = ""
+    if exists:
+        current_bulletin = open("CURRENT_BULLETIN.md", "r", encoding="utf-8").read()
+    new_bulletin = get_bulletin_from_web()
+    is_new_news = new_bulletin != current_bulletin
+
+    if new_bulletin and is_new_news:
+        open("CURRENT_BULLETIN.md", "w", encoding="utf-8").write(new_bulletin)
+        return f" {Fore.RED}::UPDATED:: {Fore.CYAN}{new_bulletin}{Fore.RESET}"
+    return current_bulletin
diff --git a/autogpt/workspace.py b/autogpt/workspace.py
index 964a94d1..6fb0e311 100644
--- a/autogpt/workspace.py
+++ b/autogpt/workspace.py
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from autogpt.config import Config
+
+CFG = Config()
+
 # Set a dedicated folder for file I/O
 WORKSPACE_PATH = Path(os.getcwd()) / "auto_gpt_workspace"
 
@@ -35,9 +39,9 @@ def safe_path_join(base: Path, *paths: str | Path) -> Path:
     """
     joined_path = base.joinpath(*paths).resolve()
 
-    if not joined_path.is_relative_to(base):
+    if CFG.restrict_to_workspace and not joined_path.is_relative_to(base):
         raise ValueError(
-            f"Attempted to access path '{joined_path}' outside of working directory '{base}'."
+            f"Attempted to access path '{joined_path}' outside of workspace '{base}'."
         )
 
     return joined_path