AdvertisementAdvertisementBusinessFILE PHOTO: Visitors crowd a stall of OpenAI at Bharat Mandapam, one of the venues for AI Impact Summit, in New Delhi, India, February 17, 2026. REUTERS/Bhawika Chhabra/File Photo20 Mar 2026 06:52AM (Updated: 20 Mar 2026 09:03AM) Bookmark Bookmark WhatsApp Telegram Facebook Twitter Email LinkedInAdd CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results.Read a summary of this article on FAST.Get bite-sized news via a newcards interface. Give it a try.Click here to return to FAST Tap here to return to FASTFAST March 19 : OpenAI on Thursday confirmed a Wall Street Journal report that it plans to fold its ChatGPT app, coding platform Codex and browser into a single desktop "superapp" to simplify user experience.OpenAI President Greg Brockman will temporarily oversee the product overhaul and associated organisational changes, while Chief of Applications Fidji Simo will lead the sales team as the company prepares to market the new app, an OpenAI spokesperson said in a statement."We realised we were spreading our efforts across too many apps and stacks, and that we need to simplify our efforts," Simo told employees in an internal note, the Journal reported."That fragmentation has been slowing us down and making it harder to hit the quality bar we want."Executives hope that bringing the company's tool under one app will help streamline resources as OpenAI seeks to counter rising competition from rival Anthropic, the Journal reported.Earlier this year, OpenAI launched a standalone desktop version of its Codex coding tool as it moved to strengthen its presence in the AI code-generation market.Source: ReutersNewsletterWeek in ReviewSubscribe to our Chief Editor’s Week in ReviewOur chief editor shares analysis and picks of the week's biggest news every Saturday.Sign up for our newslettersGet our pick of top stories and thought-provoking articles in your inboxSubscribe hereGet the CNA appStay updated with notifications for breaking news and our best storiesDownload hereGet WhatsApp alertsJoin our channel for the top reads for the day on your preferred chat appJoin hereAlso worth readingContent is loading...Expand to read the full storyGet bite-sized news via a newcards interface. Give it a try.Click here to return to FAST Tap here to return to FASTFAST