Quoting OpenAI
Simon Willison Simon Willison
OpenAI published clarification language explaining how ChatGPT Work handles data across cloud and desktop environments, with cloud conversations remaining separate from desktop threads. The company specified that desktop Work can access local files and apps with permission, while cloud Work conversations do not sync to the desktop application. The clarification addresses confusion about data storage and separation in ChatGPT's work-focused features.
Why it matters
[...] Work on web and mobile runs in the cloud. Work in the desktop app can also use local files and desktop apps with your permission. At launch, cloud Work conversations do not appear in desktop Work; desktop Work threads and local files remain on that computer. — OpenAI, trying (unsuccessfully) to clarify ChatGPT Work Tags: openai, chatgpt, ai
