OpenAI is pushing ChatGPT beyond just answering questions, and this latest update makes that shift pretty obvious. With workspace agents, ChatGPT is starting to look less like a chatbot and more like a full-blown work assistant.
OpenAI has introduced workspace agents, which are essentially shared AI agents designed to handle complex, multi-step tasks across teams.
Introducing workspace agents in ChatGPT—shared agents that can handle complex tasks and long-running workflows across tools and teams. pic.twitter.com/eHplfXCWlk
Unlike regular prompts, these agents don’t just respond once and stop. They can plan, execute, and continue working in the background, even after the user steps away. They run in the cloud, meaning they can keep processing workflows, updating outputs, and handling tasks over time without constant input. 
What makes them different is how deeply they integrate into workflows. These agents can access files, run code, connect to tools, and even operate across platforms like ChatGPT and Slack.
This feels like a natural next step in the AI race. Tools like ChatGPT have already become essential for writing, coding, and research. Workspace agents take that further by automating entire workflows instead of just assisting with parts of them.
For example, a team could create a shared agent that tracks feedback, summarizes reports, responds to internal queries, and even flags issues automatically. Instead of multiple people doing repetitive tasks, the agent handles it continuously in the background.
There is also a strong collaboration angle here. These agents are designed to be shared within organizations, meaning teams can build one workflow and reuse it across projects, improving it over time instead of starting from scratch each time.
Of course, this is still early. These agents operate within permissions, require setup, and are meant to assist rather than replace human decision-making. But the direction is clear. ChatGPT is no longer just something that helps you think. It is slowly becoming something that works alongside you.
Soon, a mattress protector may be more than a bed cover. Australian medtech company Sleeptite and researchers at RMIT University have received a US patent for FlexiSense, a smart bedding technology that tracks body position and posture to help caregivers identify when older residents may be at risk of falling.
The technology is being developed for Sleeptite’s in-bed monitoring system, REMi, and was recently on display at The MedTech Conference in Boston. A peer-reviewed study in Flexible and Printed Electronics says the sensors can also be made at scale without sacrificing performance or durability.
AI companies spend enormous amounts of time convincing us their technology is safe and secure. But what happens when those same companies become targets of increasingly sophisticated AI-powered attacks? Anthropic, the company behind Claude, is now facing that question. According to a Washington Post report, cybersecurity startup Cathedral discovered vulnerabilities that let its researchers access sensitive information in Anthropic's internal systems.
The researchers used AI agents to identify potential entry points in less than 12 hours. Interestingly, they didn't need to crack Claude itself. Instead, they exploited weaknesses in third-party business applications that Anthropic uses for everyday operations. Anthropic's security testing program disclosed the findings, which allows outside researchers to identify and report vulnerabilities.
Military working dogs charge into places the rest of us would flee. So, I understand why anyone would want to breed tougher, healthier dogs for the job.
Warhound, a new startup from Colossal Biosciences co-founder Ben Lamm and Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey, has stepped out of stealth with $200 million to clone and gene-edit working dogs for American troops, police departments, and emergency services (via TechCrunch).