OpenAI merges Codex and ChatGPT desktop apps for Mac and Windows under a new ChatGPT desktop app, allowing users to switch between Codex, Chat, and Work (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)

<a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/09/openai-announcing-the-next-chapter-for-chatgpt-today-watch-here/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260709/i29.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260709/p29#a260709p29" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Zac Hall / <a href="https://9to5mac.com/">9to5Mac</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/09/openai-announcing-the-next-chapter-for-chatgpt-today-watch-here/">OpenAI merges Codex and ChatGPT desktop apps for Mac and Windows under a new ChatGPT desktop app, allowing users to switch between Codex, Chat, and Work</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; OpenAI is holding its second livestream this week today at 10 am PT. The video teases that the company is &ldquo;introducing the next chapter for ChatGPT&rdquo; today.</p>