OpenAI to Test Unified ChatGPT Interface and Shared Limits

OpenAI plans to test a unified ChatGPT experience that combines its Chat and Work tabs, while also introducing a shared usage allowance for ChatGPT and Codex on Plus, Pro and Business plans starting in December. The interface test will begin with a small group of users before the company considers broader access, according to OpenAI’s communications to users. The combined interface is intended to let users move from ordinary conversations to more involved tasks without switching modes. OpenAI says users in the test will be able to bring in files and plugins and have ChatGPT work on tasks such as creating presentations or websites, while reviewing and guiding its work. Codex will remain a separate experience in the ChatGPT desktop app. The separate allowance change is scheduled to begin in December, but OpenAI has not provided an exact start date or token amounts for each covered plan in the reported Help Center update. ChatGPT and Codex activity will draw from the same usage pool. OpenAI says Instant use is excluded; its Help Center wording specifically refers to Instant usage, while an email described Unlimited Instant as included without drawing on the shared limits. OpenAI...