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OpenAI reportedly plans to launch a new desktop “superapp” combining all of its tools into one, replacing the three separate apps currently available for ChatGPT, Atlas and Codex.
The company wants to make it easier for users to access powerful AI in one place, simplifying the user experience and replacing the thought process involved in choosing which app to open.
As part of this unification, it’s possible that OpenAI will also seek more autonomy, making Codex more of an AI agent that can handle other tasks like data analysis rather than just coding.
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ChatGPT, Atlas and Codex could become a “superapp”
THE The Wall Street Journal The report says that Fidji Simo, head of applications, could oversee the change. President Greg Brockman is also expected to contribute to the change, a spokesperson told the publication.
More broadly, the change follows quite a turbulent year for OpenAI, having launched a series of standalone products that piggyback on the exact tool the AI promises to fix.
“We realized that we were spreading our efforts across too many applications and stacks, and that we needed to simplify our efforts,” Simo wrote in an internal memo shared by WSJ.
However, the ChatGPT creator acknowledges the stiff competition it faces from Anthropic, which recently launched agentic capabilities through Claude Cowork to act on users’ behalf.
By consolidating all of its AI tools into a single application, not only does it make it easier for users to access, but it also forces the company’s employees to be more aligned, leading to a more cohesive approach to the product.
“This is an opportunity to combine the most powerful consumer app and brand with the most powerful agent app and really leverage our consumer scale to bring agent capabilities to everyone,” Simo concluded.
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