OpenAI’s big Codex update is a direct shot at Anthropic’s Claude Code

Codex tin power apps connected your desktop similar Tic Tac Toe. | Image: OpenAI

OpenAI is beefing up its agentic coding and improvement strategy Codex with a suite of updates that fto it usage your computer, make images, and retrieve from past experiences.

Codex volition present beryllium capable to run desktop apps connected your computer, OpenAI says successful a blog station announcing the update. It tin enactment successful the background, meaning it won't interfere with your ain enactment successful different apps, and aggregate agents tin enactment successful parallel. For developers, OpenAI says "this is adjuvant for investigating and iterating connected frontend changes, investigating apps, oregon moving successful apps that don't exposure an API."

The diagnostic volition commencement rolling retired to Codex desktop app users signe …

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