OpenAI unveils long-awaited "super app" as rivalry with Anthropic intensifies
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Work, a desktop "super app" designed to automate workplace tasks amid intensifying competition with Anthropic.
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The brief
OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Work, a new tool aimed at automating tasks both for and alongside users. The launch coincides with the discontinuation of ChatGPT Atlas, the company's standalone desktop browser.
Coverage from Reuters, The Information, and Fox Business emphasizes that this "super app" is a direct competitor to Anthropic's Claude Cowork. Ars Technica notes the tool's focus on performing work for the user.
Future developments center on the ongoing AI race and the impact of this new workplace automation tool as OpenAI shifts away from its standalone browser.
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Quick answers
What is the new tool called?
The tool is called ChatGPT Work.
Which product is being discontinued?
OpenAI is discontinuing ChatGPT Atlas, its standalone desktop browser.
Who is OpenAI competing with in this space?
OpenAI is in an intensifying rivalry with Anthropic, specifically targeting Claude Cowork.
Coverage (5)
- OpenAI is discontinuing ChatGPT Atlas, its standalone desktop browser 9to5Mac · 4h ago
- OpenAI wants its new tool to do your work for you and with you Ars Technica · 4h ago
- OpenAI Unveils Claude Cowork Competitor, Desktop ‘Superapp’ The Information · 4h ago
- OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Work to automate workplace tasks as AI race intensifies Fox Business · 4h ago
- OpenAI unveils long-awaited "super app" as rivalry with Anthropic intensifies Reuters · 4h ago
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