OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Work, a new tool designed to carry out extended, multi-step tasks on a user's behalf, addressing earlier complaints that its automated "Agent Mode" stalled after only a few minutes. The company says the tool can "stay with a project for hours if needed" and turn a stated goal into finished output, automating entire workflows such as taking customer research through to a campaign brief and locally tailored marketing assets, while pausing to seek approval for important actions. The release matters because it signals OpenAI's push towards agents that integrate deeply with everyday work software and operate with considerable autonomy.

ChatGPT Work connects to tools including Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Drive and SharePoint via plugins, can access and modify desktop files, and includes Scheduled Tasks that run repetitive jobs on a schedule or in response to monitored events. The coding-focused Codex app is merging into the product, the existing desktop app is being rebranded "ChatGPT Classic", and the dedicated Atlas browser is being sunset less than nine months after launch. OpenAI cautions that the tool is built for heavier work that may consume more of a plan's usage, with subscriptions costing up to $100 a month and spend limits available for Enterprise and Edu users; the rollout coincides with the new GPT-5.6 model, whose top tier costs $5 per million input tokens and $30 per million output tokens.