OpenAI Plans Desktop App Fusing Chat, Coding and Web Browser

OpenAI is developing a desktop application to bring together its ChatGPT chatbot, coding tool and web browser in an effort to keep users engaged in the face of fierce competition from rivals like Anthropic PBC.

The single application will combine ChatGPT, Codex and ChatGPT Atlas, a web browser infused with artificial intelligence that it released last year, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be named discussing private details. It’s unclear when the application will launch. The company will continue to offer its standalone ChatGPT app.