Codex
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Codex is an OpenAI coding agent referenced across recent coverage that includes tooling, usage policy updates, and infrastructure for running agent tasks. Recent announcements include reusable, persistent cloud development environments that allow Codex work to be accessed across devices, alongside OpenAI’s introduction of new plan limits and an always-on agent model that can delegate work into Codex. Codex is also mentioned in the context of EU-focused text watermarking for transparency requirements and in security reporting tied to compromised employee accounts.
Updated 13 October 2026
Latest developments
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OpenAI’s always-on agents are free, until one specific thing happens
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OpenAI DevDay 2026
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October 2026
- How Codex Happened
- Hallmonitor
- BotBus
- OpenAI will start watermarking ChatGPT’s text in the EU
- OpenAI brings text watermarking to its API — and unlike Anthropic, it’s off by default
- [AINews] not much happened today
- OpenAI’s always-on agents are free, until one specific thing happens
- OpenAI DevDay 2026
September 2026
OpenAI announced reusable cloud development environments for Codex and launched related tooling at Dev Day Feature update
OpenAI launched “dots,” always-on AI agents inside ChatGPT at its DevDay 2026 event Deployment
Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5 and OpenAI released GPT-6 variants with lower prices, intensifying a model price war Model release
OpenAI patched two reported exploits that allowed code to escape the Codex sandbox and run commands outside it Security issue
OpenAI introduced the Agents API, a public-beta managed API for building and running long-running cloud-based AI agents Feature update
- OpenAI halves $200 plan allowance, launches $500 plan
- OpenAI gives Codex reusable cloud environments that work across devices
- Hacking OpenAI
- Yoetz
- Escaping the OpenAI Codex sandbox, twice
- “Same mission, bigger stage”: OpenAI hires Git AI founders to help Codex prove its ROI
- OpenAI Launches the Agents API in Public Beta, Putting the Codex Harness Behind One API Call
- OpenAI safety/monitoring note: Astra’s written reasoning is harder to monitor
- How law firm Gilbert + Tobin governs and scales AI with OpenAI
August 2026
OpenAI launched a preview Linux desktop app for ChatGPT and Codex Deployment
- Understanding ChatGPT Work
- Introducing the Admin plugin for ChatGPT Work and Codex
- IBM partners with OpenAI to bolster enterprise AI push
- Launch HN: Bullet (YC S26) – A Faster Coding Agent
- OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux
November 2025
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Products & technology
- OpenAI deploys this technology · 6 sources
- OpenAI integrated with this technology · 2 sources
- OpenAI develops this technology · 2 sources
- Dots integrated with this technology · 2 sources
- Integrated with ChatGPT desktop app · 1 source
- Integrated with Codex+ChatGPT for Work · 1 source
- Yoetz integrated with this technology · 1 source
- Gilbert + Tobin deploys this technology · 1 source
- Admin plugin for ChatGPT Work and Codex integrated with this technology · 1 source
- Hallmonitor integrated with this technology · 1 source
Partnerships
- Git AI partnered with this technology · 1 source
Competition
- Bullet competes with this technology · 1 source