OpenAI to create desktop super app, combining ChatGPT app, browser and Codex app
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The new unified app aims to help OpenAI streamline the user experience.
OpenAI will combine its web browser, ChatGPT app and Codex coding app into a singular desktop super app, CNBC confirmed on Thursday.
Fidji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of Applications, will oversee the change with assistance from OpenAI President Greg Brockman, according to a spokesperson. The new app aims to help OpenAI streamline the user experience and reduce fragmentation.
"Companies go through phases of exploration and phases of refocus; both are critical," Simo said in a post on X on Thursday. "But when new bets start to work, like we're seeing now with Codex, it's very important to double down on them and avoid distractions. Really glad we're seizing this moment."
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