OpenAI to merge ChatGPT's Chat and Work tabs

OpenAI is preparing to fold its ChatGPT Chat and Work tabs into a single experience inside the desktop app, according to an email sent to users. The company said the unified view will initially roll out to a select group for feedback before a broader release. Today’s app splits ChatGPT and Codex into separate sections, and ChatGPT itself into Chat and Work tabs — a layout that can make it easy to lose track of where a project lives. Codex will stay a distinct experience inside the app even after the merge.

The change also pools resources: OpenAI said that once combined, ChatGPT and Codex will draw on the same token allowance rather than separate ones. The company said the shift won’t affect most users, though people on certain plans or heavy on usage may hit reset limits more often. The redesign echoes a similar move by rival Anthropic, which brought Claude’s chat and Cowork tools together on one screen back in September.

Why it matters

As AI assistants expand from answering questions to executing multi-step work, interface choices like this one signal how OpenAI expects people to actually use ChatGPT day to day — less as a chat window, more as a single workspace.