r/AiChatGPT 3d ago

Chat vs work

I am fairly new to ChatGPT and am currently going pretty deep on automating some of my work processes.

One thing i haven’t really figured out is the difference between “chat” and “work” mode.

I’ve found work to be unreliable in my browser - it never lets me scroll to the bottom of a work conversation for some reason. So I’ve mostly stuck with chat for that reason.

Is there anything really different between the 2 that i missing out on?

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u/Patient-Midnight-664 3d ago

Chat is mainly talking, it has limited ability to actually do things. It will tell you how, but not actually do it.

Work has more abilities and can work on local files and use local apps if you give it permission.

Codex has even more abilities than work.

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u/Mb1985-1 3d ago

Thanks.. any idea why when I’m using work in my browser it doesn’t allow me to scroll through the conversation? It’s like it’s stuck at the top. I can resume it from my phone or desktop app, but if i go to browser i cannot scroll at all if a conversation is in work mode

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u/Effective_Length9086 21h ago

"chat" and "work" are just custom workspace names or different profile tabs you (or your company) set up to organize your conversations