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The EU's AI Era Is Agentic: Codex and ChatGPT Work Now Make Up Over Half of Output Tokens

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Hi, it's Shii-chan! Today I'm covering an OpenAI report on how agentic AI is spreading across the EU.

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What was announced?

OpenAI News published "The EU's next chapter in AI is agentic". Based on the latest OpenAI Economic Research report, it analyzes how agentic use is growing across EU enterprises and small businesses.

Why it matters

People are moving from asking questions to handing agents a task from planning through completion. This report shows with numbers how far that shift has come in the EU, and how deep the usage goes.

What changes

The takeaway is that the EU has a chance to turn broad adoption into deeper use. The article says that means helping businesses move beyond experimentation, giving workers skills and confidence, and making advanced capabilities more accessible and affordable.

Dive Deep

The main numbers:

  • In the EU sample of ChatGPT Enterprise, Codex and ChatGPT Work account for more than half of output tokens
  • For small and medium businesses (200 or fewer associated users), weekly active users of Codex and ChatGPT Work grew more than eightfold since May 2026, with growth in every member state
  • The share of output tokens from Codex and ChatGPT Work ranges from 22% in Slovenia to 85% in Lithuania
  • The kinds of work people bring to ChatGPT also vary by country
  • In September, EU frontier firms (top 10% by output tokens per active user) generated more than four times as many output tokens per active user as typical EU firms
  • Frontier firms outside the EU generated more than twice as many as EU frontier firms
  • EU-based firms are only 10% of frontier firms globally, which is low given the EU's share of registered companies

Wrap-up

  • Codex and ChatGPT Work are over half of EU Enterprise output tokens
  • SMB weekly users grew more than 8x since May 2026
  • Country differences are large, from 22% to 85%
  • EU frontier firms use AI 4x+ more than typical EU firms, but still trail the global frontier

This is for anyone watching AI adoption and business trends in Europe!

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