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ChatGPT Work is OpenAI’s agentic productivity service in ChatGPT for delegating work that uses context from a user’s or team’s tools, files, apps, browser, and approved business context to plan tasks and create finished outputs such as documents, presentations, spreadsheets, reports, analyses, sites, and web apps.

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Recent stories

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releasePRIMARY2026-07-24
ChatGPT Work agents add signed-in website sessions in cloud browser

OpenAI said ChatGPT Work users can take over the cloud browser to sign in, then hand control back to the agent. The login persists across sessions, so repeat jobs can reuse the authenticated site without another takeover.

releasePRIMARY2026-07-19
ChatGPT Work desktop adds cloud vs local run controls

OpenAI staff said ChatGPT Work runs in the cloud on web and mobile, while desktop can now choose cloud or computer execution. The clarification followed confusion about closed-laptop and local-environment behavior.

newsPRIMARY2026-07-15
OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work limits after 9M active users

OpenAI said Codex and ChatGPT Work reached 9M active users and received another limit reset while reliability work continued. Users still reported weekly caps after long GPT-5.6 Sol coding runs.

newsSECONDARY2026-07-13
OpenAI adds banked reset card for Codex paid users

OpenAI said 7M active users now use Codex and ChatGPT Work, and paid users reported an extra reset card in web and mobile settings. Other reports said GPT-5.6 Sol context changes may reduce Codex burn.

releaseSECONDARY2026-07-12
ChatGPT Sites launches public beta for prompt-built apps

ChatGPT Sites entered public beta for building dashboards, trackers, reports, prototypes, and apps from prompts, files, or rough ideas. It includes preview, published URLs, admin controls, and built-in auth, while one user reported confusing deploy behavior.

releasePRIMARY2026-07-09
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work with Codex and GPT-5.6 desktop agent

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Work, a Codex- and GPT-5.6-powered ChatGPT agent with a desktop app that can access local files and apps. OpenAI staff said Work and Codex use the same sandboxing with UI changes.

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