"AI Is Transforming the Research Landscape"... OpenAI Supports Research Beyond Development with ChatGPT Work

ChatGPT Work Extends Its Applications from Development
to Knowledge-Based Tasks

"We coordinated agents efficiently to create status reports for about 100 countries."

On the 20th, at the OpenAI Seoul office, Professor Kilgon Ko, Director of the Office of Information Technology at Seoul National University and Graduate School of Public Administration, introduced a research workflow case using Codex during the 'ChatGPT Work Media Demo.' OpenAI.

OpenAI's artificial intelligence (AI) agents are expanding their role from development-related tasks to a wide range of knowledge work, including research and document production. ChatGPT Work is an agent that leverages work context to generate deliverables such as spreadsheets, slides, documents, and web apps. It is powered by GPT-5.6, OpenAI’s frontier (top-tier) model.

Gilgon Ko, Director of the Informatization Headquarters at Seoul National University and professor at the Graduate School of Public Administration, presented a case study at a media briefing on the 20th at OpenAI's Korea office in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, where he created national status reports using OpenAI's coding agent, Codex. Professor Ko automated the processes of collecting data by country, verifying sources, visualizing statistics, and drafting reports. He then created a website compiling these status reports and enabled comparisons between country-specific indicators.

Professor Ko emphasized, "Research opportunities that were difficult due to time and financial constraints have now opened up. However, unless humans intervene, the quality of AI will not improve."

On the 20th, at the OpenAI Seoul office, Daeyeol Shim, an engineer at OpenAI Korea, demonstrated the key features of ChatGPT Work during the 'ChatGPT Work Media Demo.' OpenAI.

Dae-Yeol Shim, an engineer at OpenAI Korea, demonstrated how plugins can be used to retrieve necessary information from workplace tools like Slack and Google Drive and produce deliverables. By utilizing websites, built-in browsers, and computer access, users can conduct research, analyze data, and perform repetitive tasks and deliverable production seamlessly within a single project. Shim stressed that agents carry out tasks in alignment with user intent by referring to markdown files that specify the project context and rules.

Meanwhile, as of April, Codex surpassed 3 million weekly active users (WAU) worldwide, and after the launch of ChatGPT Work in July, the combined WAU of the two products exceeded 10 million.

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