OpenAI: "Super App" to combine ChatGPT and other AI functions
OpenAI plans a "Super App" to connect ChatGPT and other products from the AI group. It is also said to include agentic functions.
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OpenAI is apparently planning to release a "Super App" for the desktop that will combine the ChatGPT chatbot, the Atlas browser, and the Codex coding platform. The app is intended to unify OpenAI's products and thus save resources, reports the Wall Street Journal, citing executives.
The "Super App" – the Wall Street Journal calls it "superapp" – is also said to have "agentic AI capabilities." With these, the international daily newspaper further reports, autonomous program code should be written or data analyzed on the user's computer. When the app will be released is not yet known.
Reaction to Anthropic's Success
Over the past few weeks, the executives of the AI group – including CEO Sam Altman – have discussed the prioritization of individual products. "We realized we were spreading our efforts across too many apps and stacks, and that we need to simplify our efforts," the Wall Street Journal quotes from an internal document from OpenAI.
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The streamlining within the company is also linked to the success of competitor Anthropic, the daily newspaper explains. Furthermore, the OpenAI competitor already bundles similar functions in its Claude app. After the dispute with the Pentagon, Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude has measurably gained popularity. OpenAI employees should see this success as a "wake-up call," the Chief of Applications appealed to them, according to information from the Wall Street Journal.
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