OpenAI is planning a “superapp” for desktop

OpenAI is working on a desktop “super app” that combines the ChatGPT app, the Codex AI encryption app, and the AI-powered Atlas Browser into one app. The Wall Street Journal Reports. The company is making the change as part of its effort to streamline its various product efforts, according to a note reported by the British newspaper The Guardian. Wall Street Journal From Fidji Simo, Chief Applications Officer at OpenAI. Fragmentation “slowed down our business and made it difficult to reach the level of quality we wanted,” Simo said.

“Companies go through exploration phases and refocusing phases; both are critical,” Simo said He said on X In another quote the Wall Street JournalBerber JaneWho wrote Thursday’s story. “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. We are really happy that we are seizing this moment.”

OpenAI spokesperson Lindsay Held declined to comment. The portable version of ChatGPT remains unchanged, according to Wall Street Journal.