{
  "id": 6391679,
  "title": "OpenAI: AI agents take on bigger share of work at Korean firms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/openai-ai-agents-take-on-bigger-share-of-work-at-korean-firms",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-09T06:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/tech-science/20260909/openai-ai-agents-take-on-bigger-share-of-work-at-korean-firms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "OpenAI has announced that AI agents are assuming a larger role in the daily operations of Korean firms, as the company's workplace and coding tools gain popularity and businesses increasingly utilize AI for research, coding, and other tasks. Kim Kyoung-hoon, the General Manager of OpenAI Korea, revealed that the number of users at local companies and institutions utilizing ChatGPT Enterprise has surged approximately 28 times over the last year. He stated that while initially, human intervention was required for tasks assigned to AI, the company is now entering an era where AI can be trusted to handle more complex assignments. According to Kim, the weekly active users of ChatGPT Work and the coding agent Codex have increased about 14 times in the six months since March. In August, Work and Codex contributed to 64 percent of output tokens generated by Korean users across ChatGPT's products, despite having a smaller user base than the standard version.",
  "summary": "OpenAI said artificial intelligence (AI) agents are taking on more complex work at companies in Korea as use of its workplace and coding tools surges and businesses deploy AI across research, coding and other workplace tasks rather than limiting its use to chatbots. OpenAI Korea General Manager Kim Kyoung-hoon shared that the number of users at local companies and institutions using its ChatGPT…",
  "key_points": [
    "AI agents now handle larger share of work in Korean firms",
    "ChatGPT Enterprise users surged 28 times in past year",
    "Work and Codex contributed 64% of output tokens in August"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The growing reliance on AI agents at Korean firms marks a shift towards trusting automation for more complex tasks, with significant increases in usage of OpenAI's workplace and coding tools.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "OpenAI: AI agents take on bigger share of work at Korean firms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/openai-ai-agents-take-on-bigger-share-of-work-at-korean-firms-6397085",
        "published": "2026-09-09T08:22:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}