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ChatGPT Work adds internet-connected code execution, headless Chrome, and Luna and Terra models
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ChatGPT Work, a paid-tier product OpenAI announced on July 9th, splits into Work Cloud and Work Local and provides internet-connected code execution, a headless Chrome browser, a persistent filesystem, and access to Luna and Terra models unavailable in regular Chat.
The internet-connected sandbox and headless browser give engineers a tool that can clone repos, install dependencies, interact with APIs, and automate web tasks, capabilities that ChatGPT Chat blocks and Claude's container restricts to a short domain allowlist. The product's rapid iteration and confusing feature split between Work Cloud and Work Local mean engineers must understand which interface delivers which capabilities before committing workflows to it.
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ChatGPT Work comes in two flavors: Work Cloud (browser-based) and Work Local (desktop app, formerly Codex) that can access local files and run programs on your machine.
Work Cloud's code execution environment has internet access by default, unlike ChatGPT Chat which blocks external network calls.
Work offers GPT-5.6 Sol, Luna, and Terra models with reasoning levels up to Ultra, while Chat offers a different set including 5.6 Pro which has no Work equivalent.
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