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This episode covers a significant product launch from OpenAI with rapid user adoption, offering practical insights into AI agent capabilities.
Ep 819: ChatGPT Work: What’s New, Who It’s For and How to Use It
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OpenAI's "Everyday AI" podcast episode 819, hosted by Jordan Wilson, discusses the new ChatGPT Work. The episode covers its rapid user growth, compares it to Codex, and explains how to set up agents for work automation, even for non-technical users. It details desktop versus web versions, remote access, and advanced features like sub-agents.
OpenAI released ChatGPT Work, which acts like a 24/7 assistant. It helps you automate tasks, and the episode shows how even non-experts can set up multiple AI helpers to get work done.
This episode offers a practical look at OpenAI's latest push into AI agents for work. It clarifies the recent ChatGPT Work launch, its user adoption, and its underlying technology. Listeners will learn how to leverage these new capabilities for personal or business tasks, understand the differences between versions, and explore advanced automation. It's for anyone curious about how AI agents can streamline workflows and for those evaluating OpenAI's current product strategy.
- HostJordan Wilson
- Episode Title: Ep 819: ChatGPT Work: What’s New, Who It’s For and How to Use It
- Show: Everyday AI
- Host: Jordan Wilson
- Length: 33 minutes
- New Users: 2 million in two days
Transcript ↗ Key moments and transcript search come with a later piece.
OpenAI's new ChatGPT Work is on fire. 🔥
The company said they've added 2 million users in the past two days alone.
Wanna know a secret about it though?
(It's kinda not new at all. It's just Codex in Chat clothing.)
Regardless, millions of new users are realizing for the first time what it means to have an agent that can work for them 24/7. And even if you're not a technical builder, it's pretty easy to set up a swarm of agents to help with any kind of work.
We show you how.
ChatGPT Work: What’s New, Who It’s For and How to Use It -- An Everyday AI Chat With Jordan Wilson
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Topics Covered in This Episode:
- ChatGPT Work vs Codex Comparison
- OpenAI's Viral ChatGPT Work Launch
- Key Differences: Desktop vs Web Versions
- ChatGPT Work User Growth and Backlash
- Remote Access and Computer Use Features
- Agentic AI: Multiple Agents on Desktop
- Advanced Workflow Automation Capabilities
- Syncing and Integration Challenges Explained
- Detailed Demo: Site and Skill Creation
- Power User Features: Sub-Agents & Goals
Timestamps:
00:00 Chad GPT Work launch details
04:03 Confusion over ChatGPT update
09:20 Preparing AI news stories
12:32 Highlighting improved computer use
13:57 2 million new users in 48 hours
17:35 Chat syncing and organization benefits
21:17 Model's unique context handling
25:59 Discussing Beehive and audience insights
29:50 Exploring Desktop AI Features
31:22 Ending and subscription reminder
Keywords:
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- Codex
- OpenAI's AI model for translating natural language into code.
- An AI that understands instructions to write computer code.
- Agentic AI
- AI systems designed to act autonomously to achieve goals.
- AI that can act on its own to complete tasks for you.
- Sub-Agents
- Smaller, specialized AI agents that assist a primary agent.
- Smaller AI helpers that work with a main AI assistant.
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Questions people ask
- What is ChatGPT Work?
- ChatGPT Work is a new offering from OpenAI designed to act as an agent that can work for users 24/7, automating tasks and assisting with various work needs.
- How popular is ChatGPT Work?
- OpenAI reported that ChatGPT Work gained 2 million users in the two days following its launch.
- Is ChatGPT Work completely new?
- The episode suggests ChatGPT Work is essentially Codex integrated into the chat interface, making agent capabilities more accessible.
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