OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Work, an AI tool capable of handling workloads across finance, data analytics, engineering, and more

• OpenAI has introduced new agentic ChatGPT Work tools for all users
• The tool is powered by the latest GPT-5.6 model and Codex
• Could this be the app's unofficial evolution into a superapp?

OpenAI has lifted the wraps off a new agentic tool within ChatGPT to help workers "take on more ambitious tasks," covering workflows like gathering information, creating finished materials and handling long-running autonomous tasks.

The new tool, called ChatGPT Work, marks a shift in how knowledge workers are set to use AI, evolving from generative AI to autonomous agentic AI.

ChatGPT Work, largely seen as an interface for knowledge workers, brings together tools like the company's latest frontier model GPT-5.6 and Codex.

ChatGPT Work is an autonomous knowledge worker's dream

In an announcement, the company noted how Codex was born out of the need for coders and developers to get access to agentic capabilities, but now, more than a million non-coding workers use it for other tasks.

The company also declared that nearly all of its internal teams use Codex and ChatGPT Work to speed up their workflows.

All users running the app on their macOS or Windows desktop can get access to ChatGPT Work for free, including non-paying subscribers. Pro, Enterprise and Edu plans will get mobile and web access first, but Plus and Business plans will get access within days.

Further aiding ChatGPT Work's autonomy, the tool also works with third-party plugins via the '@' command to obtain further context and access to working files.

More broadly, as the app evolves into a superapp to combine all of OpenAI's tools in one workspace, desktop users can now grant the client permission to control the computer on their behalf, similar to Anthropic's Claude Code.

"This is the first step towards a broader vision for ChatGPT," the company summarized, "where intelligence goes beyond answering questions to helping everyone turn their biggest ideas into reality."