Key facts
- OpenAI has released ChatGPT Work, a tool capable of performing tasks for hours.
- The tool aims to automate complex workflows, such as analyzing budgets or preparing sales meetings.
- ChatGPT Work integrates with common workplace management tools including Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Drive, and SharePoint.
- It can access and modify desktop files and utilize a built-in browser for online resources.
- Usage of ChatGPT Work is billed based on token consumption, with subscription plans available up to $100 per month.
- The new GPT-5.6 model is also being introduced, promising stronger performance per dollar.
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Work, a new tool designed to handle complex tasks for extended periods, potentially automating entire workflows. The company states the tool can "stay with a project for hours if needed, and turn a goal into finished work." Users are challenged to test its capabilities on familiar tasks like budget analysis or sales meeting preparation.
ChatGPT Work is capable of automating entire workflows, such as progressing from customer research to a campaign brief and then to locally tailored marketing assets. The tool requires user approval for important actions. It also features Scheduled Tasks, an enhanced version of cron jobs, to manage repetitive tasks on a schedule or in response to monitored events, allowing continuous operation even when users are away from their desks and providing mobile monitoring.
Integration with common workplace management tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Drive, and SharePoint is facilitated through custom plugins. The desktop version of ChatGPT Work can access and modify local files and use a built-in browser for online resources. An updated ChatGPT Chrome extension will enable web-native tasks without leaving the browser. OpenAI is sunsetting its dedicated Atlas web browser.
Users can reference outside apps directly using the "@" symbol to ensure specific third-party tools are used. OpenAI also emphasizes that access to outside apps and files can be restricted via its Compliance API or enterprise and admin controls. The company notes that the coding-focused Codex app is merging with ChatGPT Work, with Codex technology built-in and still available as a separate "view" within the new ChatGPT app, alongside the "Work" view. The existing ChatGPT desktop app is now rebranded as "ChatGPT Classic."
OpenAI warns that ChatGPT Work is designed for longer, more involved tasks than typical chat requests, and these complex tasks may consume more of a plan's included usage. Billing for ChatGPT Work will follow the same structure as Codex, with subscription plans extending up to $100 per month, incorporating built-in usage limits through a credit system. ChatGPT Enterprise and Edu subscribers can set overall spend limits or group/individual limits.
The rollout of ChatGPT Work is accompanied by the debut of the new GPT-5.6 model, which OpenAI claims offers "stronger performance per dollar" for demanding tasks. This model operates in three tiers, with the most expensive tier costing $5 per million input tokens and $30 per million output tokens.