Chat was the first natural interface for AI. But as agents become more capable and start working on longer tasks, I think the next big interface will be something more spatial and visual: an Agent Office / AI Studio.
Instead of seeing agents only as text threads, logs, or background tasks, imagine a living workspace where each AI agent has a desk, a role, and a visible state.
For example:
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A coding agent sits at its desk and works on a repository.
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Clicking its computer opens the terminal, code editor, diffs, tests, or current task.
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A research agent has its own desk with sources, notes, and summaries.
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A QA agent shows failed tests, bugs, and regression reports.
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A mail or notification agent can approach the user when something important happens.
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The user also has an avatar inside the workspace and can talk to one agent, multiple agents, or the whole team.
This would make AI agents feel less like invisible background processes and more like a real digital team.
It is not just visual decoration. It would make agent workflows easier to understand, easier to manage, and more enjoyable to use. Users could immediately see which agents are working, which are idle, which need attention, and what each one is doing.
A rough example of this direction can be seen here:
https://github.com/fathah/hermes-desktop/blob/main/previews/office.png
I do not mean OpenAI should copy this exact implementation. I mean the concept itself feels important: AI workspaces may need to become more spatial, agent-based, and interactive.
ChatGPT, Codex, Projects, tools, files, and future agents could become much more powerful if they were brought together inside a native AI Studio experience.
In my opinion, this could be the next major interface shift after chat.