{"slug": "openai-adds-parallel-agents-to-gpt-6-pro-in-chatgpt", "title": "OpenAI adds parallel agents to GPT-6 Pro in ChatGPT", "summary": "OpenAI announced on October 16 that GPT-6 Pro can now split tasks among multiple parallel agents in ChatGPT, with the agents showing Pro users their progress in the Chat tab. OpenAI's post provided no latency figures, examples, or quantified speed, quality, or cost gains to support its claims that GPT-6 Pro responds faster and uses plugins and tools better, and it did not explain how users control tool actions.", "body_md": "# OpenAI adds parallel agents to GPT-6 Pro in ChatGPT\n\n**The Chat tab rollout lets Pro users track delegated tasks, but OpenAI's post gives no latency figures or examples to support its claims that GPT-6 Pro responds faster and uses plugins and tools better.**\n\n        By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)\n        · Published \n\nPrimary source: [X](https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2111185504746213705)\n\n## Why it matters\n\nThe Chat tab rollout exposes parallel task delegation in ChatGPT, giving Pro users visibility into agent work. OpenAI has not quantified speed, quality or cost gains or explained how users control tool actions.\n\nOpenAI says [GPT-6 Pro can now split tasks among multiple agents in ChatGPT](https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2111185504746213705), with the agents working in parallel and showing users their progress. The feature is available to Pro users in the Chat tab, according to the October 16th post.…", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-adds-parallel-agents-to-gpt-6-pro-in-chatgpt", "canonical_source": "https://runtimewire.com/article/openai-gpt-6-pro-chat-multi-agent-upgrade", "published_at": "2026-10-16 20:03:31+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-16 23:59:12.246142+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-products", "large-language-models", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "GPT-6 Pro", "ChatGPT", "Ryan Merket"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-adds-parallel-agents-to-gpt-6-pro-in-chatgpt", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-adds-parallel-agents-to-gpt-6-pro-in-chatgpt.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-adds-parallel-agents-to-gpt-6-pro-in-chatgpt.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-adds-parallel-agents-to-gpt-6-pro-in-chatgpt.jsonld"}}