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Re: ChatGPT Work

#101

I just installed this. I am very confused. I no longer have a Codex app on my computer. ChatGPT is now Codex. But what happened to ChatGPT? Where am I supposed to casually chat? Also, when you toggle btween ChatGPT Work and ChatGPT Codex, nothing changes. This is super confusing. Can someone from the OpenAI team clarify the difference btwn the modes? Does chatgpt work have more business-y related plugins turned on by…

The old ChatGPT is now ChatGPT Classic. Codex is now ChatGPT. There is a funny interaction in the Microsoft store, where ChatGPT turns into Codex when you click on it: https://f003.backblazeb2.com/file/sharexxx/ShareX/2026/07/Ap... (Also GG @ MSFT for opening a nag about Windows Hello twice while I wanted to stop the recording.)

I had a similar effect on macOS.

Re: ChatGPT Work

#103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> And the chat in Codex is badly broken and doesn't support the one feature I use in almost every chat. what is badly broken about it, and what feature does it not support? im a pretty casual user, so i guess i havent noticed this bad breakage.

Everything. The current implementation is unusable. If you see differently then probably you are looking at Codex chats, not chats .

whether i use the new "chat" button that just appeared after the update, or use the familiar chat underneath the "projects" heading, everything appears to be working just fine. (i am using "ChatGPT Work" not "ChatGPT Codex")

is there a 3rd chats somewhere that i am missing?

Re: ChatGPT Work

#104

How is this different than Codex?

They add a mode to Codex which is less technical or more oriented toward office work and you can toggle between the two.

Literally no UI changes when I toggle between the two. It's 100% identical, one is not less technical than the other.

Re: ChatGPT Work

#105

I just installed this. I am very confused. I no longer have a Codex app on my computer. ChatGPT is now Codex. But what happened to ChatGPT? Where am I supposed to casually chat? Also, when you toggle btween ChatGPT Work and ChatGPT Codex, nothing changes. This is super confusing. Can someone from the OpenAI team clarify the difference btwn the modes? Does chatgpt work have more business-y related plugins turned on by…

It really is a mess. An hour or so ago, the download for macOS was called ChatGPT.dmg. However the app in there was still called Codex. But it installed ChatGPT. But it seems to be fixed now. Also, subtitling Work with "For getting work done" and Codex with "For developers" is a bit aggressive towards developers ;)

Ha! Feeling very attacked.

Re: ChatGPT Work

#106
post #87

This thread is so spot on but I can also imagine the product development internally is moving so fast that they're trying to reconcile everything and can't. And this is the huge mistake so many companies make. Leave what's working alone. Build new adjacent things. It's clear they want to make money and work or code is the focus of enterprise. But never rename something Classic...so bad.

> I can also imagine the product development internally is moving so fast that they're trying to reconcile everything and can't.

What are they developing? I see no improvements (talking about the frontend / apps, not the models)

Re: ChatGPT Work

#107
post #76

I have a longer version of this, but in summary So my understanding of the differences between chat, code and co-work; but may well be wrong! Chat is the human, talking directly to the LLM - old school. Very basic can create docs etc - but saves in a temp folder. No real access to your local PC. Cowork / work - Human talking to an agent, which can then use tools to do work. Also runs in a container, allowing it acces…

This is helpful but ... What's the distinction between Work and Codex again? Sorry for asking - but they read the same to me. It's just a focus on coding vs non-coding work?

I guess Work can be marketed to MBAs, while Codex cannot.

Re: ChatGPT Work

#110

I just installed this. I am very confused. I no longer have a Codex app on my computer. ChatGPT is now Codex. But what happened to ChatGPT? Where am I supposed to casually chat? Also, when you toggle btween ChatGPT Work and ChatGPT Codex, nothing changes. This is super confusing. Can someone from the OpenAI team clarify the difference btwn the modes? Does chatgpt work have more business-y related plugins turned on by…

> Also, when you toggle btween ChatGPT Work and ChatGPT Codex, nothing changes. This is super confusing.

By the way, it seems ChatGPT is confused as well:

https://imgur.com/a/O1Aj6jz

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