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Models2026-07-11 · source-backed
ChatGPT Work fuses ChatGPT with Codex to generate documents, decks, and websites, plus native computer use that clicks, types, opens local apps, moves files, and runs multi-step workflows autonomously. Powered by GPT-5.6, rolling out to Pro/Enterprise/Edu first. It's the direct answer to Anthropic's Claude Cowork, and the agent-productivity rivalry just got its clearest head-to-head.
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On July 9 the standalone Codex app merged into ChatGPT desktop for macOS and Windows, keeping a dedicated coding surface alongside Chat and Work modes, plus inline diff editing, side-panel PR review, faster Computer Use on GPT-5.6, and multi-repository projects. The tiering: S...
Shipped August 13 to Pro, Business and Enterprise: ChatGPT and Codex can draw on activity memories from apps and websites on macOS, with per-app opt-in and review or delete controls. OpenAI This is Cursor's Google Workspace connector move, but reaching down to OS-level activit...
OpenAI released GPT-5.4 simultaneously across ChatGPT, API, and Codex — the first unified triple release. Built-in computer-use capabilities (build-run-verify-fix loop), 1.05M token context, and 33% fewer false claims vs GPT-5.2. A new experimental "Playwright Interactive" ski...
Announced August 13, IBM Consulting will train and certify tens of thousands of consultants, mostly existing employees, on Codex, the API and cybersecurity offerings over the next several months, per managing partner Mike Healy. GPT-5.6, Codex and ChatGPT Work fold into IBM Co...
TechCrunch reports the July 23 macOS and Windows rollout, built on ChatGPT-Live. It drives ChatGPT Work and Codex, so you can direct several agents simultaneously by voice, and macOS "Appshots" let it read the frontmost window including alt-text. Global rollout to Plus, Pro, B...
OpenAI confirmed it's folding agents, Codex, image generation, and third-party apps (Canva and Booking.com live, Expedia, Figma, Spotify, Coursera, Zillow piloting) into ChatGPT, targeting all 900M weekly users and explicitly pitched to close the gap with Anthropic among busin...
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