OpenAI releases a new ChatGPT tool for all things work related
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OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Work, a general-purpose productivity agent that marks the biggest step yet in its months-long effort to build a desktop "super app" combining ChatGPT, its Codex coding agent and the Atlas web browser. Whereas Codex focused mainly on coding, Work is pitched as a broader assistant for ambitious everyday tasks, and it bundles together nearly all of the major technologies OpenAI has developed recently, signalling the company's push to position ChatGPT as a central workplace tool.
ChatGPT Work is powered by OpenAI's new GPT-5.6 model family, whose release was reportedly delayed by the Trump administration, and is accessed through a redesigned app that houses ChatGPT, the new agent and Codex together. Key features include task scheduling that lets the agent work remotely from a phone prompt, built-in computer-use capabilities to act across apps and files, a unified plugin directory triggered by typing "@", a built-in browser, and a "Sites" feature for generating web apps such as dashboards and trackers. OpenAI said it will discontinue Atlas, targeting 9 August for deprecation, and began rolling out the tool with completion expected within 24 hours; free users can access it via the Mac and Windows desktop app, while Plus and Pro subscribers can also use the web client.
- OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, a general productivity agent for the desktop.
- Powered by new GPT-5.6 models, bundling Codex, browser and plugins.
- Atlas browser to be discontinued, with deprecation targeted for 9 August.
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OpenAI has been building towards what's been described as a desktop "super app", gradually combining ChatGPT with its Codex coding assistant and its Atlas web browser into one tool. This latest release, called ChatGPT Work, is the biggest step in that effort so far: rather than focusing on a single task like writing code, it's designed as a broader assistant that can handle everyday work tasks by acting across apps, files and the web on a user's behalf.
The tool runs on a new model family OpenAI calls GPT-5.6, and brings together features such as scheduling tasks remotely from a phone, working directly with files and other software, browsing the web, and building simple web tools like dashboards. It is being made available through a redesigned app, with OpenAI also winding down its separate Atlas browser as this new tool takes over its functions.
This matters because it reflects a wider trend of AI companies moving beyond chatbots that simply answer questions, towards "agents" that can carry out multi-step tasks with less human input. OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is one of the most prominent players in this space, and how tools like this are adopted in workplaces has implications for productivity, jobs and how much autonomy people give AI systems over their digital accounts and files.
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