ChatGPT to Merge Chat and Work with a Unified Token Budget
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According to a November 1, 2026 report by The Decoder, OpenAI plans to merge ChatGPT's Work agent feature into the main interface. Starting in December, Plus, Pro, and Business plans will share a unified token budget between ChatGPT and Codex. Conversations with the Instant model will not count toward this budget; users who exceed the budget limit can wait for usage to reset, upgrade their plan, or purchase additional quota. The report also notes that OpenAI has recently raised usage caps for its higher-priced plans, and that Anthropic previously carried out a similar consolidation in Claude. This event has only this one report so far, with no further developments.
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- The DecoderOpenAI's upcoming chat-and-work merger in ChatGPT signals the end of all-you-can-prompt pricing
OpenAI will merge ChatGPT's Work agent feature into the main interface, and starting in December, Plus, Pro, and Business plans will share a unified token budget across ChatGPT and Codex. Conversations with the Instant model won't count against the budget; after hitting the limit, users can wait for a reset, upgrade their plan, or buy extra capacity. OpenAI recently raised usage caps for its higher-priced plans, and Anthropic has already made a similar merger in Claude.
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