OpenAI is rolling out a new “ChatGPT Work” agent designed to handle work that goes beyond a standard chat request. According to reports, the agent can take actions across a user’s connected applications and files, enabling it to work on multi-step tasks that may take extended time. Bloomberg describes the agent as intended to field a wider range of complex tasks for hours, as part of OpenAI’s broader effort to make ChatGPT more appealing to business users and professionals. PYMNTS reports that the agent can spend hours on a project when needed and can produce various outputs such as spreadsheets, slide decks, documents, and even web applications.
While details on the rollout scope and technical specifications are not fully specified in the available excerpts, both sources characterize the new agent as an expansion of ChatGPT’s capabilities—moving from responding to prompts to executing workflows that involve creating deliverables and interacting with users’ existing tools and content.
