# OpenAI — How workers are unlocking new ways of working

- Company: OpenAI (openai.com)
- Announced: 2026-09-16T09:00:00+00:00
- Category: research-paper
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: no
- Group: routine
- Source: https://openai.com/index/unlocking-new-ways-of-working
- Record: https://forck.live/items/11427-how-workers-are-unlocking-new-ways-of-working
- Subject: GPT / ChatGPT / API

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.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://openai.com/index/unlocking-new-ways-of-working:

> 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.

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