OpenAI Adds Workspace Agents
- OpenAI introduced 'workspace agents' in ChatGPT to let teams share agents that coordinate tasks and long-running workflows. - The feature is described as enabling shared agents to connect tools and manage complex, multi-step work across teams. - Reports also say OpenAI may be preparing a fully retrained GPT-5.5 model as it expands from chat into workflow orchestration (x.com) (trendingtopics.eu).
OpenAI has added workspace agents to ChatGPT, giving companies shared AI agents that can run multi-step jobs in the cloud. (openai.com) OpenAI said the feature launched on April 22 in research preview for ChatGPT Business, Enterprise, Edu, and Teachers plans. The company described workspace agents as an evolution of custom GPTs, with teams able to build one agent and use it together in ChatGPT or Slack. (openai.com) The new agents can prepare reports, write code, answer messages, connect to workplace apps, and keep running after a user closes the chat. OpenAI’s help documentation says teams can also test agents before publishing, share them across a workspace, and run them on a schedule. (openai.com) (help.openai.com) OpenAI is pitching the product as a tool for repeatable office work, not one-off prompts. Its Academy guide says the target jobs are workflows with standard handoffs, shared systems, timing constraints, and outputs that people usually recreate manually each time. (openai.com) The product also extends OpenAI’s push from chat into company software. OpenAI’s business page says workspace agents can work across Slack, Google Drive, Microsoft SharePoint, and other enterprise tools, with admin controls over permissions and governance. (openai.com) OpenAI tied the launch to Codex, the company’s cloud agent system for software and task execution. The release post says workspace agents are “Codex-powered,” which lets them operate with files, tools, and memory in a persistent workspace instead of a single chat session. (openai.com) The rollout comes after OpenAI spent late 2025 expanding ChatGPT’s workplace connectors. In an October 2025 product update, the company added connectors including Gmail, Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, GitHub, Dropbox, and Box. (openai.com) Admins keep a tighter grip on this feature than on consumer ChatGPT tools. OpenAI’s help center says workspace agents are off by default at launch for ChatGPT Enterprise workspaces, and the feature is not available for Enterprise customers with enterprise key management, or EKM. (help.openai.com) Reports about a separate GPT-5.5 release remain unconfirmed by OpenAI as of Thursday, April 23, 2026. OpenAI’s official materials for this launch focus on workflow automation inside ChatGPT, not a new flagship model announcement. (openai.com) (windowsreport.com) For OpenAI, the immediate change is concrete: ChatGPT now has a product aimed at teams that want an agent colleagues can share, schedule, and connect to company systems. (openai.com)
