# OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Work: Codex and ChatGPT Merge Into New Agent App

> OpenAI has folded its Codex coding engine and ChatGPT into a single application called ChatGPT Work, positioning it as an autonomous agent rather than a chatbot. Launched on July 9, it is built to take on multi-step projects that can run for hours, gathering data across a person's connected apps and services and then producing finished artifacts like spreadsheets, slide decks, documents, and small web apps. Under the hood it runs on the new GPT-5.6 family, split into Sol for heavier reasoning, Terra for balanced work, and Luna for speed. Codex survives as a dedicated coding surface, and OpenAI says Chat, Work, and Codex are all reachable from the free tier, a notable move given how much compute agentic runs consume. The framing matters more than any single feature. OpenAI is betting that the interface people actually want is not a place to ask questions but a coworker that quietly assembles the deliverable, which puts it in direct competition with Anthropic's Cowork and a growing field of office agents. Whether these systems are reliable enough to trust with real work, without constant supervision, is the open question the whole category now has to answer.

_Section: [Daily AI Updates](https://www.wortins.com/daily-ai) · Source: OpenAI · Published Friday, July 10, 2026_

## Wortins' read

OpenAI has folded its Codex coding engine and ChatGPT into a single application called ChatGPT Work, positioning it as an autonomous agent rather than a chatbot. Launched on July 9, it is built to take on multi-step projects that can run for hours, gathering data across a person's connected apps and services and then producing finished artifacts like spreadsheets, slide decks, documents, and small web apps. Under the hood it runs on the new GPT-5.6 family, split into Sol for heavier reasoning, Terra for balanced work, and Luna for speed. Codex survives as a dedicated coding surface, and OpenAI says Chat, Work, and Codex are all reachable from the free tier, a notable move given how much compute agentic runs consume. The framing matters more than any single feature. OpenAI is betting that the interface people actually want is not a place to ask questions but a coworker that quietly assembles the deliverable, which puts it in direct competition with Anthropic's Cowork and a growing field of office agents. Whether these systems are reliable enough to trust with real work, without constant supervision, is the open question the whole category now has to answer.

## Source

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