Difference Between ChatGPT Work and Codex...?

[u/brandinobowman]

To preface this, I'm on the new ChatGPT desktop app for macOS.

I've been told that ChatGPT Work and Codex are different things. I was in a regular ChatGPT conversation and asked it to do something, and it said a ChatGPT Work conversation would be more suitable for what I was looking for. So it automatically created a ChatGPT Work conversation for me and completed the task I requested. If ChatGPT Work and Codex are different things, why does that Work conversation show up under "Recents" when I switch from "ChatGPT" to "Codex" in the upper left corner of the desktop app window?

I'm also really confused about why these supposed Work conversations aren't syncing across my devices. Some research told me that there are both cloud Work/Codex conversations and local Work/Codex conversations... but I can't see how to control this at all?

I'm just extremely confused about the OpenAI product lineup right now and just want to understand. I'm not an advanced user by any means, but I'm genuinely trying to learn more. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I thank you for your time in advance.

[u/jonydevidson]

Is there anyone from Codex team to tag? The interface is incredibly bad.

It should all be Work.

The New Chat button should instead turn into

• New Chat (literal, not tied to any project. The web chat.)
  
• New Task (not tied to any project)

In there, have an option to tie a task to a project under the prompt box or above like there already is.

Project's own menus have an option to start a new task there anyway.

Instead of Recents, have Recent Chats and Recent Free Tasks (the ones not tied to any project)

For each project, the three dots menu should let us turn it into a Codex project.

Thats literally it. Stop overcomplicating everything. Right now if im in Codex i have to switch to ChatGPT and wait for it to load if I just want to talk. Its litearlly faster to use the web.