OpenAI is developing a “super app” for desktop that integrates ChatGPT, its browser, and its Codex app. wall street journal And cnbc. A company spokesperson told the publications that OpenAI applications head Fidzi Simo will lead the application improvements with assistance from OpenAI president Greg Brockman. Simo will also help the marketing team advertise the app when it comes out. OpenAI’s leadership is apparently hoping that combining multiple products can help it streamline the user experience and devote its resources to one project.
The company hasn’t made an official announcement about the new app yet, but Simo responded magazine Author of the piece on X. “Companies go through phases of exploration and phases of refocus; both are important,” Simo said. “But when new bets start to work, as we are seeing now with Codex, it is very important to double down on them and avoid distractions. Really glad we are taking advantage of this moment.”
magazine See the internal note sent by Simo to employees, in which he said the company realized it was spreading its efforts across too many apps and needed to simplify its efforts. “That fragmentation is slowing us down and making it harder to achieve the quality level we want,” he reportedly wrote. In a unanimous meeting, cnbc He said he also told employees that the company was “aggressively focusing” toward high-productivity use cases.
It’s not yet clear when the integrated app will be available, but OpenAI is reportedly focusing on developing agentic AI capabilities for it. Agents will be able to make decisions and use tools to perform tasks on computers, such as writing software or analyzing data, with less human oversight.
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