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Updated · forklog.com · Jul 30OpenAI Tests Cleaner ChatGPT Interface After Desktop App Swelled to 1.5 GB
3 articles · Updated · forklog.com · Jul 30Summary
- OpenAI is testing a cleaner ChatGPT desktop interface with no extra tabs, aiming to ship the redesign by the end of 2026.
- Greg Brockman said the current desktop app became confusing after OpenAI merged three products—ChatGPT, Codex and Work—into a single client.
- That integration also sharply increased the program’s size, with the app growing from about 159 MB to 1.5 GB.
- The planned overhaul is meant to make ChatGPT feel more seamless after criticism that the latest desktop design had become harder to navigate.
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Will OpenAI’s desperate rollback to a simpler app finally fix the missing data bugs terrifying desktop users? Why did a simple AI chatbot balloon into a 1.5 GB monster, and can the upcoming redesign truly fix it? As OpenAI scraps its unified app dream, what happens to enterprise users relying on the soon-to-vanish Work tab?