Quick Overview
This product demonstration features Nick Baumann from Developer Experience at OpenAI showcasing the voice and task execution capabilities of ChatGPT Work. The video illustrates how users can talk to ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas, automate background tasks, and generate presentation slides across connected desktop applications.
Key Points
- 1.ChatGPT Work allows users to use voice commands on desktop to kick off interactive tasks and coordinate connected tools.
- 2.Users can brainstorm project concepts conversationally with ChatGPT and receive constructive feedback and new ideas in real time.
- 3.ChatGPT can autonomously generate visual presentation decks in Google Slides in the background while the user continues other desktop work.
- 4.The desktop application supports remote pairing via QR code so users can trigger voice commands and inspect work from a mobile phone.
Summary
Nick Baumann from Developer Experience at OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Work, demonstrating how spoken interaction within the desktop app can initiate and execute computer tasks. Starting from the work tab in the ChatGPT desktop application, voice mode is activated using an on-screen button or a keyboard shortcut. Baumann asks ChatGPT to help work through pending to-do items, beginning with brainstorming activation concepts for OpenAI DevDay.
During the brainstorming session, Baumann proposes two concepts: controlling Codex from a Game Boy and setting up a booth where attendees design custom T-shirts using ChatGPT and image generation. ChatGPT evaluates both concepts and suggests an additional idea for a shared, evolving game where attendees use Codex to contribute characters, levels, and sounds throughout the day, as well as a living digital mural. Baumann asks ChatGPT to turn these concepts into a visual pitch deck using the OpenAI slides template and image generation while working in the background.
ChatGPT works in the background using connected tools while Baumann continues to use the computer. The model completes a seven-slide image-led presentation covering the Shared Game, Custom Shirt Booth, Codex Game Boy, Living Mural, and Build Relay concepts. Baumann also demonstrates pairing a smartphone to the desktop application by scanning a QR code in the remote setup settings, enabling voice prompts from a phone to view and manage presentations.
Conversational Brainstorming in ChatGPT Work
Nick Baumann launches voice mode from the work tab in the ChatGPT desktop app to brainstorm DevDay activation concepts. The discussion explores ideas such as controlling Codex from a Game Boy, setting up a custom T-shirt design booth with image generation, and hosting an evolving collaborative game or living digital mural.
Background Task Execution and Slide Creation
ChatGPT Work takes the brainstormed concepts and compiles a visual pitch deck using the OpenAI slides template. While the user continues working on other desktop tasks, ChatGPT operates in the background to produce a seven-slide presentation populated with generated imagery.
Remote Mobile Control via QR Code
The ChatGPT desktop application allows users to connect a mobile phone by scanning an on-screen QR code in the remote setup settings. Once connected, users can tap a button on their phone to trigger voice control and view updated presentation decks remotely.
The Bottom Line
The demonstration establishes how ChatGPT Work combines spoken voice interaction with background task automation to generate multi-slide decks and brainstorm ideas across desktop applications. It highlights how autonomous tool usage allows users to continue working while assets are produced. The video leaves broader enterprise integrations and release details unaddressed.
FAQ
What is ChatGPT Work and how does it handle computer tasks?
ChatGPT Work is a desktop capability that allows users to interact with ChatGPT via voice commands to brainstorm, initiate tasks, and manipulate connected tools in the background while the user continues working.
How can users activate voice mode within the ChatGPT desktop application?
Users can start voice mode from the work tab in the ChatGPT desktop app by clicking the on-screen voice button or by pressing a keyboard shortcut.
What activation ideas were brainstormed for OpenAI DevDay in the demonstration?
The ideas included running Codex on a Game Boy, creating a custom T-shirt design and printing booth, hosting a collaborative game built piece by piece, and building a living digital mural.
How does ChatGPT Work enable remote mobile control of the desktop app?
Users can navigate to the remote setup menu in the desktop application, scan an on-screen QR code with their mobile phone, and tap the mobile voice button to issue prompts to the desktop app.
Worth watching for
Developers, product managers, and knowledge workers interested in using voice interaction and background agentic task execution in the ChatGPT desktop app.
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