# From assistance to execution: How enterprises put AI to work

DevFeed: [From assistance to execution: How enterprises put AI to work](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/from-assistance-to-execution-how-enterprises-put-ai-to-work-6458.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/how-enterprises-put-ai-to-work>)

Published: 2026-08-12T06:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [AI Strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-strategy.md>), [ChatGPT](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chatgpt.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/codex.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>)

Tags: [agentic-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-ai.md>), [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [chatgpt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chatgpt.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/codex.md>), [company](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/company.md>), [enterprise](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/enterprise.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/work.md>)

## AI overview

Two reports examine how enterprises are adopting AI, with usage moving from assistance toward delegated execution. Frontier firms use substantially more AI and more often connect agents to organizational context, tools, permissions, and repeatable workflows. Codex adoption is spreading across legal, sales, recruiting, marketing, and other knowledge-work functions, while usage is highest among early-career employees.

## Source excerpt

OpenAI research reveals how enterprises are adopting agentic AI, using ChatGPT and Codex, and how frontier firms are pulling ahead in AI adoption.