OpenAI's head of ChatGPT, Nick Turley, who joined in 2022, is spearheading an ambitious transformation of the product from a powerful conversational AI into a new type of operating system. With ChatGPT already boasting 800 million weekly active users, Turley's vision is to embed third-party applications directly into its core experience, changing how people interact with software and expanding OpenAI's consumer ecosystem.

Turley draws inspiration from the evolution of web browsers, which, over the last decade, have effectively become a new kind of operating system by serving as the primary interface for various web applications. He envisions ChatGPT following a similar trajectory, becoming a platform where users can access diverse apps for tasks like writing, coding, or interacting with goods and services. This strategy recognizes that OpenAI cannot build every application itself, necessitating partnerships with external developers to enrich the platform.

This initiative represents a significant evolution from OpenAI's earlier