{"schema":"postcutoff/event@1","as_of":"2026-11-13T13:49:00+01:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-07-09-chatgpt-work/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-07-09-chatgpt-work/index.md","disclosure":{"written_by":"AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code)","editor":"human editor","policy":"https://postcutoff.com/about/"},"license":null,"id":"2026-07-09-chatgpt-work","date":"2026-07-09","date_precision":"day","short_title":"OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, a long-running agent for office work","deck":null,"takeaway":"Alongside GPT-5.6 on July 9, 2026, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Work, an agent powered by Codex and GPT-5.6 that takes a goal, plans, pulls context from the user's apps and files and works for hours to deliver finished docs, spreadsheets, slides and web apps.","category":"agents","category_label":"Agents","importance":4,"confidence":"high","status":{"key":"confirmed","labels":["Confirmed"]},"sources":[{"n":1,"title":"Bloomberg: OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Work agent to field tasks for hours","url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-09/openai-unveils-chatgpt-work-agent-to-field-tasks-for-hours","type":"press","group":"press","domain":"bloomberg.com"},{"n":2,"title":"BNN Bloomberg: OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work","url":"https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/artificial-intelligence/2026/07/09/openai-launches-chatgpt-work/","type":"press","group":"press","domain":"bnnbloomberg.ca"},{"n":3,"title":"Axios: OpenAI releases GPT-5.6 and ChatGPT Work","url":"https://www.axios.com/2026/07/09/ai-openai-gpt-release","type":"press","group":"press","domain":"axios.com"},{"n":4,"title":"Introducing ChatGPT Work, powered by Codex and GPT-5.6 (OpenAI, YouTube)","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq45rvPGNHs","type":"video","group":"reactions","domain":"youtube.com"},{"n":5,"title":"Releasebot: OpenAI release notes","url":"https://releasebot.io/updates/openai","type":"discussion","group":"reactions","domain":"releasebot.io"}],"official":0,"filed":"2026-09-29","updated":"2026-09-29","orgs":["OpenAI"],"title":"OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, a long-running agent for office work","summary":"Alongside GPT-5.6 on July 9, 2026, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Work, an agent powered by Codex and GPT-5.6 that takes a goal, plans, pulls context from the user's apps and files and works for hours to deliver finished docs, spreadsheets, slides and web apps.","key_facts":["Launched July 9, 2026, powered by Codex and GPT-5.6 (Sol as the operating model)","Can act across the user's apps and files and spend hours on a project; asks for approval before sensitive actions","Outputs: documents, spreadsheets, presentations, web apps","Rollout: Pro, Enterprise and Edu first (web and mobile) on July 9; Plus and Business over the following days","Sept 23, 2026: voice conversations added to Work (create documents/presentations by voice)","GPT-6 Sol and Luna became available in ChatGPT Work on Sept 22, 2026"],"key_numbers":[],"tags":["agents","chatgpt","codex","enterprise","productivity","computer-use"],"science":null,"body_md":"## What happened\n\nOpenAI introduced **ChatGPT Work**, an agent mode in ChatGPT aimed at business professionals. 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