OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, an autonomous agent for long-horizon tasks powered by Codex and GPT-5.6

This is confusing... Claude Cowork was a purposefully more secure (& slightly weaker) alternative to Code designed so non-coders couldn't cause too much trouble. I got that. But I don't understand what ChatGPT Work is, or what I am gaining/giving up using it versus Codex on… Show more

So powerful to get the magic of Codex inside ChatGPT. We’ve been working on making Chat more agentic for a while, and it’s really awesome to see what people are doing with it now. https://twitter.com/openai/status/2075274271845404744

Is it explained anywhere what the difference is exactly between ChatGPT Codex mode and ChatGPT Work mode in the (new) ChatGPT app?

Actually I did a quick test. I like the ChatGPT Work/Codex split better than Claude Cowork/Code. The interface is much more unified. The functionality is effectively the same. The chat history is shared between the two modes. The team put more care into the specific toggles… Show more

ChatGPT Work == Claude Cowork ChatGPT Codex == Claude Code I kinda wish OpenAI created a single unified app surface for all work, coding or not, even though I get the UI/UX would be different https://twitter.com/OpenAI/status/2075274271845404744

check this out! you can get some amazing things done. codex is the core of our new work product and what makes it so good. codex is not going anywhere. https://twitter.com/OpenAI/status/2075274271845404744