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Codex

OpenAI's agent workspace, offered alongside Chat and Work in the ChatGPT desktop app. OpenAI's model notes link it to agentic coding.

Which capability it is

The same thing at other vendors

Working on files on your own computer

Gemini
Gemini app on Mac — local files per the June 30, 2026 release note
Microsoft Copilot
None — Cowork works on OneDrive and SharePoint
Perplexity
Personal Computer (Mac and Windows)
Grok
Grok Build (terminal)

The same thing at other vendors

An agent that works through a job on its own

Claude
Cowork, inside chat · computer use (research preview) · Dispatch · Claude Duet (research preview)Claude Cowork
Gemini
Task (formerly Spark; Google AI Pro or Ultra)
Microsoft Copilot
Copilot Cowork — GA, paid licence · Researcher · Analyst — paid licence

Details

Status
not labelled on the page
Where you find it
ChatGPT desktop app
Part of
ChatGPT desktop app
Plans
every plan, including Free, in the desktop app
Learn

Where we teach it

Build the small thing yourself: turn a spreadsheet or an export into something a colleague uses the next day. It's in the longer class.

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