🧩OpenAI Plans to Merge ChatGPT's Chat and Work Tabs Into One

Your ChatGPT desktop workflow is about to change

OpenAI is folding the Chat and Work tabs inside the ChatGPT desktop app into one screen. Right now you bounce between them and lose track of where your project lives. The merged version lets you go from a rough idea to a finished artifact without switching context. If you use ChatGPT for real work, this matters. You can bring in files and plugins, then ask it to build a website, draft a presentation, or run tasks on the web. You can also review and guide its work while it runs, instead of waiting for a final dump. Codex stays as its own experience in the same app, so coding workflows don't disappear. The catch: ChatGPT and Codex will draw from the same token allowance pool. OpenAI says most users won't notice, but some heavy users may wait for resets more often, depending on usage and model. The merged experience will go to select users for feedback before a wide rollout. Anthropic made a similar move in September, merging Claude's chat and Cowork functions into one screen.