Quoting OpenAI
OpenAI attempts to clarify ChatGPT Work's cloud and desktop behavior: web/mobile work runs in the cloud, desktop can use local files with permission, but at launch cloud conversations are not visible in desktop. From Simon Willison's blog.
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10th July 2026
[...] Work on web and mobile runs in the cloud. Work in the desktop app can also use local files and desktop apps with your permission. At launch, cloud Work conversations do not appear in desktop Work; desktop Work threads and local files remain on that computer.
— OpenAI, trying (unsuccessfully) to clarify ChatGPT Work
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