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OpenAI Merges ChatGPT Chat and Work Tabs, Unifying Usage Pool With Codex
OpenAI is preparing to merge ChatGPT's Chat and Work tabs, while Codex stays a separate experience in the desktop app.
Key points
- The Chat and Work tabs will be combined within the ChatGPT experience, according to an email OpenAI sent to users.
- The combined experience will first be available to select users for feedback before it is rolled out widely.
- ChatGPT and Codex will draw tokens from the same allowance pool, and some users may need to wait for resets more often.
Why it matters. Some heavy users might need to wait for resets more frequently, because ChatGPT and Codex will draw tokens from one shared allowance pool.
In an email to users, OpenAI said it is gearing up to combine two ChatGPT tabs into one interface. The change will first go to select users for feedback before a wide rollout, and the company said it won't affect most users. Codex will remain a separate experience in the ChatGPT desktop app, while ChatGPT and Codex will draw tokens from the same allowance pool. Rival Anthropic merged Claude's chat and Cowork functions into one screen in September.
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OpenAI Merges ChatGPT Chat and Work Tabs, Unifying Usage Pool With Codex
OpenAI is merging the Chat and Work tabs in the ChatGPT desktop app, according to TechCrunch. The app currently separates ChatGPT and Codex sections, with Chat and Work tabs inside the former. After the change, ChatGPT and Codex will draw usage from the same allocation pool. Zdnet reported that the change will first be tested with select users before a wider rollout. Anthropic has reportedly made a similar move.