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OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 after government green light — and announces ‘ChatGPT Work’

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OpenAI has released GPT-5.6 to the public after receiving U.S. government approval and has positioned it as the preferred model for Microsoft Copilot. At the same time, the company launched a new ChatGPT desktop application for macOS and Windows that combines Codex, ChatGPT and the newly introduced “ChatGPT Work” AI agent, while retiring the standalone ChatGPT Atlas browser.

Written from all 6 reports below, not from any single one.

How it was reported

  1. The Verge·
    OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 after government green light — and announces ‘ChatGPT Work’
  2. TechMeme·
    OpenAI broadly releases GPT-5.6, and launches ChatGPT Work, an AI agent that can gather context across apps and files to create documents, on Mac and Windows (Axios)
  3. The Next Web·
    OpenAI releases GPT-5.6 to everyone after the US government signed off
  4. TechMeme·
    OpenAI merges Codex and ChatGPT desktop apps for Mac and Windows under a new ChatGPT desktop app, allowing users to switch between Codex, Chat, and Work (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
  5. TechMeme·
    OpenAI is discontinuing ChatGPT Atlas, its standalone desktop browser, in favor of the new ChatGPT desktop app (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
  6. Engadget·
    OpenAI releases a new ChatGPT tool for all things work related
  7. TechCrunch·
    OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6
  8. TechCrunch·
    OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot amid breakup chatter
  9. The Next Web·
    OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, an agent built to finish the job
  10. VentureBeat·
    OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Work, a cloud-based AI agent that manages tasks across email, Slack and calendars

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