OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Work, an agent inside ChatGPT that can carry out multi‑step projects across your apps and files, remain on a task for hours if necessary, and produce finished deliverables such as sheets, slides, documents, and web apps.
Technology and foundation
ChatGPT Work incorporates Codex technology, which is already widely used: Codex has more than 5 million weekly users, and over 1 million of those users apply it to work outside software development. The new frontier model GPT‑5.6, which also begins rolling out today, powers ChatGPT Work and is intended to improve multi‑step reasoning and the creation of outputs that follow templates and reference files.
How ChatGPT Work operates
- The agent breaks complex projects into smaller steps and executes them independently while you monitor progress, answer questions, change direction, and approve key actions.
- It can accept single requests that encompass whole workflows—e.g., turning customer research into a campaign brief, generating marketing assets from that brief, and adapting those assets to different markets while maintaining context across steps.
- Scheduled Tasks allow it to keep projects moving when you are away: for example, it can transform new Microsoft Teams or Slack messages into updated documents or slides and share important changes with the team.
Desktop and web integrations
The ChatGPT desktop app can now access local files and applications. A built‑in browser lets the agent bring in websites, online tools, and files, while the Computer Use capability allows ChatGPT to perform background actions on your computer—clicking, typing, and moving files across apps and tools.
The Codex app is being merged into the new ChatGPT desktop app starting today: Codex remains the coding agent for developers and technical professionals, but it is now part of the ChatGPT desktop experience with added capabilities such as inline editing within diffs, pull request review in a side panel, support for multiple repositories in a single project, and faster computer use powered by GPT‑5.6.
Plugins and Sites
To get work started, users connect the tools and context where they already operate via plugins. Plugins link ChatGPT to systems like Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Drive, SharePoint, email, calendars, CRMs, project trackers, and internal tools. ChatGPT can automatically reference the correct plugin from your prompt, or you can direct it to a particular source by typing “@” followed by the app name. A unified plugins directory centralizes plugins, and ChatGPT can suggest relevant ones during conversations.
OpenAI is also releasing Sites in public beta. Sites let users turn work or ideas into interactive sites or web apps that can be shared internally or publicly via a URL—for instance, live dashboards, project trackers, launch calendars, prototypes, internal portals, and interactive reports. Sites can be tested inside ChatGPT and updated as underlying information changes.
Security, oversight and controls
ChatGPT Work is built on the security, privacy, compliance, and workspace‑management features of ChatGPT Enterprise. Enterprise and Edu administrators can centrally manage who has access, what company context ChatGPT can use, which tools it can connect to, and what actions it may take. The Compliance API provides visibility into ChatGPT Work conversations and actions to support enterprise oversight.
Controls are customizable by environment: on the web, admins can manage plugin and connected tool access, configure browser use and network access for cloud environments, and restrict sensitive actions. On desktop, ChatGPT Work extends Codex’s enterprise governance and admin controls to cover local files, apps, browsers, and tools, including policies for agent network access.
Auto‑review and red teaming
Auto‑review uses advanced models to vet important actions involving connected tools and APIs before they execute, helping to prevent unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information. According to OpenAI, during adversarial red teaming auto‑review blocked 100% of attempts to extract protected data, including attacks not seen by the reviewing model during training.
Early usage and internal adoption
OpenAI reports that nearly 100% of teams inside the company—including finance and sales—now use ChatGPT Work and Codex to work faster, tackle harder tasks, and spend more time with customers.
Availability and pricing considerations
ChatGPT Work begins rolling out today on web and mobile for Pro, Enterprise and Edu plans; Plus and Business users will receive access over the next few days. The updated ChatGPT desktop app is available globally for Windows and Mac, and Chat, Work and Codex are available on every plan, including Free. Existing Codex app users can update normally; the app will become the new ChatGPT desktop app, and the current desktop app will be renamed ChatGPT Classic.
Usage accounting and admin spend controls
Because ChatGPT Work is intended for longer, more involved tasks, usage is measured differently: consumption varies with the amount of work required, and more complex tasks may consume more of a plan’s included usage. ChatGPT Enterprise and Edu admins can set spend controls in the Admin Console to manage Work usage as adoption grows—configuring workspace defaults, group limits, individual overrides, and reviewing requests for additional credits with project details and rationale.
Outlook
OpenAI presents ChatGPT Work as a step toward a broader vision where intelligence goes beyond answering questions and helps people turn larger ideas into reality. The combined features—plugins, Sites, Scheduled Tasks, the built‑in browser, Computer Use, and Codex integration—aim to support end‑to‑end workflows while preserving admin and user control.
For more information or sales inquiries, OpenAI directs readers to its site and contact channels.
