OpenAI has unveiled ChatGPT Work, a new AI-powered workplace assistant designed to help professionals create documents, presentations and websites without requiring coding expertise.
The new service, launched on Thursday, combines ChatGPT with OpenAI’s coding tool Codex and is powered by the company’s latest and most advanced model, GPT-5.6, which also made its public debut the same day.
The launch comes after GPT-5.6’s release was delayed last month at the request of the US government over national security concerns surrounding advanced AI models.
Competing With Anthropic
ChatGPT Work is OpenAI’s direct response to Anthropic’s Claude Cowork, an AI agent introduced earlier this year that can autonomously plan and complete multi-step tasks.
The two companies are increasingly competing for enterprise customers, a market viewed as far more lucrative than consumer AI services. Both OpenAI and Anthropic are also reportedly preparing for potential public listings.
Unlike traditional chatbots, AI agents are designed to perform complex tasks with minimal human input. ChatGPT Work targets non-programmers by allowing them to harness advanced coding capabilities through a simple conversational interface.
Designed For Everyday Professionals
According to OpenAI, users can ask ChatGPT Work to build presentations, generate reports, create websites and produce other work-related content without writing code themselves.
“You can apply the model’s ability to code to solve problems across every industry,” said Ty Geri, Product Manager for ChatGPT Work.
Geri said GPT-5.6 delivers performance comparable to significantly more expensive AI models while operating at roughly twice the speed and a much lower cost.
Lower Costs A Key Selling Point
OpenAI is positioning affordability as one of ChatGPT Work’s biggest advantages.
The company released three versions of GPT-5.6, allowing customers to choose different performance levels depending on their needs.
Max Weinbach, an analyst at Creative Strategies, said the smallest version of GPT-5.6 can complete many tasks almost as effectively as the largest model but at around one-fifth of the cost.
“This is the first time where I’ve seen the small models complete these kinds of tasks,” he said.
Enterprise Expansion
Before ChatGPT Work, OpenAI’s AI agent portfolio included Operator, Deep Research, ChatGPT Agent for individual users and Workspace Agents for enterprise workflow automation.
ChatGPT Work will begin rolling out on Thursday for Pro, Enterprise and Edu users across web and mobile platforms. Access will expand to Plus and Business subscribers over the coming days.
Alongside the launch, OpenAI also introduced a new ChatGPT desktop application and a hosted website feature, enabling users to build and publish websites directly through ChatGPT Work.
The launch marks OpenAI’s latest push to make advanced AI tools more accessible to businesses as competition in the enterprise AI market continues to intensify.
(with inputs from Reuters)