OpenAI has laid out an ambitious roadmap for ChatGPT, signaling that the AI tool will evolve far beyond a conversational assistant by 2026. According to OpenAI, the platform will become a ‘true personal super-assistant’ capable of actively aiding users to manage work, personal goals, and daily tasks.
The vision comes from Fidji Simo, who outlined the company’s plans in a recent Substack post.
Simo said ChatGPT will no longer be limited to answering queries or offering advice. Instead, it will understand long-term goals, retain context over time, and proactively assist users across different areas of life.
“In 2026, ChatGPT will become more than a chatbot you can talk to to get advice and answers,” Simo wrote. “It will evolve into a true personal super-assistant that helps you get things done.”
This shift positions ChatGPT as a daily-use platform rather than an on-demand tool.
OpenAI has a more extensive plan than handling GPT products only but still marked ChatGPT Pulse and ChatGPT App Store as the two primary tools of the 2025 vision. The company's objectives will include establishing alliances, and new group messaging tools will be launched to enhance collaboration and make idea sharing easier.
Moreover, the company will, in the next upgrade, integrate basic skills of writing, learning, health, shopping, personal finance, and everyday decision-making into ChatGPT.
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Simo stressed that intelligence alone will not make AI transformative. “Raw intelligence won’t be enough to make AI the greatest source of empowerment,” she said, adding that OpenAI’s focus remains on turning capability into real-world usefulness.
Simo described GPT‑5.2 as OpenAI’s strongest model so far for professional work, with future versions expected to improve coding, document creation, organizational memory, and enterprise tasks.
Developers, she added, remain central to OpenAI’s strategy. The company aims to provide them with ‘an automated teammate’ and a platform built for long-term innovation.