OpenAI has begun a public rollout of its GPT-5.6 model after receiving approval from the Trump administration, ending a roughly two-week "limited preview" during which the model was available only to government-approved organisations. Alongside the launch, the company introduced ChatGPT Work, a new AI agent that blends ChatGPT with its Codex tool so that non-technical users can apply Codex-style capabilities to everyday, non-coding tasks. Chief executive Sam Altman described GPT-5.6 as "the best model we have ever produced", and the release marks OpenAI's latest attempt to pull ahead in the increasingly crowded race to build genuinely useful AI agents for ordinary consumers.

ChatGPT Work is powered by the GPT-5.6 suite — comprising models named Sol, Terra and Luna — and can gather context from chosen apps, files and workflows to produce finished documents, spreadsheets, presentations and web apps, connecting to tools such as Slack, Gmail, Google Drive, calendars and CRMs via a unified plugins directory. Mac and Windows users worldwide, including free-tier users, get immediate desktop access, while on mobile and web, Pro, Enterprise and Edu users come first and Plus and Business users follow over the coming days, with a global rollout expected to complete within 24 hours. The product competes directly with Anthropic's Claude Cowork, and OpenAI is banking on Sol — pitched as strong in coding, cybersecurity, science and computer use — as a lower-cost alternative to rivals' top models amid industry-wide cost pressures.