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Workers increasingly incorporate cross-occupation AI tasks into regular workflows over time.
OpenAI's economic research analyzes over 1.5 million work-related ChatGPT messages from April through July 2026, finding that workers increasingly incorporate cross-occupation tasks into regular workflows.
The study shows that cross-occupation AI use grew from 13.1% of occupation-specific activity in April to 25.9% in July, with workers returning to these tasks at rates of 18.5% on average, suggesting AI may reshape job responsibilities before job titles change.
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Analyzing more than 1.5 million work-related ChatGPT messages from April through July 2026, we find evidence that some cross-occupation AI use is recurring. Workers return to tasks outside their occupational boundaries, and these activities become a larger part of their observed AI use over time.
openai.com