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

ThinkingNews Desk · how this was written
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
- The Verge·OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 after government green light — and announces ‘ChatGPT Work’
- 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)
- The Next Web·OpenAI releases GPT-5.6 to everyone after the US government signed off
- 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)
- TechMeme·OpenAI is discontinuing ChatGPT Atlas, its standalone desktop browser, in favor of the new ChatGPT desktop app (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
- Engadget·OpenAI releases a new ChatGPT tool for all things work related
- TechCrunch·OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6
- TechCrunch·OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot amid breakup chatter
- The Next Web·OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, an agent built to finish the job
- VentureBeat·OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Work, a cloud-based AI agent that manages tasks across email, Slack and calendars
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