ChatGPT lead on shifting from "can do" to "co-responsible" AI colleagues
xiaohu · x · 2026-09-02
Tara Seshan, product lead for ChatGPT Work and Codex, discusses collaboration as agents become persistent colleagues. With AI working in the background with project context, product design and org structures must evolve. Seshan frames the shift from models, environments, permissions, and interfaces to human responsibility, explaining how AI moves from task execution to long-term co-responsibility, while human roles shift to direction, taste, communication, and accountability.
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