# How AI is expanding what people do at work

DevFeed: [How AI is expanding what people do at work](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-ai-is-expanding-what-people-do-at-work-6453.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/how-ai-is-expanding-what-people-do-at-work>)

Published: 2026-07-27T03:30:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [ChatGPT](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chatgpt.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analysis.md>), [chatgpt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chatgpt.md>), [company](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/company.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/work.md>)

## AI overview

OpenAI Economic Research analyzes more than 800,000 messages from U.S. ChatGPT users and finds that AI is enabling workers to take on tasks associated with other occupations. The article introduces task crossover and reports that 43.5% of non-generic, occupation-specific messages fall outside users' own occupations.

## Source excerpt

New OpenAI research shows how AI is expanding what workers do, with ChatGPT users taking on tasks across roles and reshaping job boundaries.