ChatGPT to Merge Chat and Work Tabs into One Starting December

OpenAI will merge the 'Chat' and 'Work' tabs at the top of ChatGPT into one starting in December. Chat is a space for light questions and conversations, while Work handles time-consuming tasks such as research, data analysis, and creating documents, presentations, and websites. Once the two tabs are combined, users will be able to go from quick questions to full-scale tasks in one place without switching screens. OpenAI notified users by email that "everything from exploring an idea to having ChatGPT carry a task through to completion will happen in one place."

After the integration, instead of users choosing a mode themselves, the model will read the request and decide between a quick answer and an agent-style task process. Adam Fried, who leads ChatGPT's consumer product, revealed plans to merge the Chat and Work modes in a conversation with CMSWire at an evening event OpenAI hosted in New York.

Changes are coming to pricing plans as well. According to OpenAI's updated support page, starting in December, subscribers to the Plus, Pro, and Business plans will share a single usage limit between ChatGPT and the coding tool Codex. Usage is measured in tokens — the units of information AI models process and generate — with heavier tasks and advanced models depleting the limit faster. Instant chats were classified as an exception that does not count against the shared limit. Subscribers can check their combined remaining balance and reset time in the 'Usage' menu in settings. Once the limit is reached, they can choose to wait for the reset, upgrade their plan, or purchase credits.