OpenAI updates its Codex desktop app with features like computer control, an in-app browser, image generation, automation memory, plugin support, and more
ZDNET's key takeaways — Codex Desktop expands from coding into full productivity workflows. — Automation can generate images, charts, and workflow outputs.
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Discussion
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@openai
@openai
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Codex for (almost) everything. It can now use apps on your Mac, connect to more of your tools, create images, learn from previous actions, remember how you like to work, and take on ongoing and repeatable tasks. [video]
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@gabriel1
Gabriel
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it will be hard to dismiss these tools as “hype” in the coming 3 months, as the world transitions into a new way of working
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@chooserich
Nick O'Neill
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Not to let Perplexity be outdone, Open AI drops theirs 😂
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@dkundel
Dominik Kundel
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When we say for (almost) everything we mean it! All of these features have been game changers for me in the last days beyond just coding. I had automated threads keep an eye on my Slack, email, calendar, Google docs, and more for the launch and monitor PRs along the way. So [vide…
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@arix
Ari Weinstein
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This is the first time I've ever seen an LLM operate a GUI as fast as a person, and it's surreal. [video]
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@gdb
Greg Brockman
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Codex is becoming a turbocharged partner for everything you want your computer to do for you:
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@romainhuet
Romain Huet
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Big day for Codex! Codex can now work across more of your computer and more of your tools. Features many of you have been asking for are here: computer use, in-app browser, 90+ plugins, image generation, memory, thread automations, and more. Can't wait to see what you build! [vid…
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@nvidia
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Congratulations @OpenAI on bringing Codex to more of the software workflow. 🎉 Codex is becoming a system for more of a developer's workflow, helping them move across tools, create richer outputs, adapt to how they work, and carry longer-running tasks forward.
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@signulll
@signulll
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computer use is broadly here & it's genuinely very cool, but it's worth flagging the structural asymmetry here where apple & google don't have to pipe everything through accessibility apis unlike app players. vertical integration lets them operate deeper in the stack like the co…
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@nickadobos
Nick Dobos
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With codex computer use + mac's iPhone Mirror app, GPT can use any app on your phone!!! Seems less accurate with clicks vs actual mac desktop apps, but it does work! Whats the best app to use this with?! [video]
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@embirico
Alexander Embiricos
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Background Computer Use Computer Use in Codex has some deep OS-level wizardry. Codex can see/click/type in apps in the background, without taking over your computer, and you can work in parallel. @AriX and team absolutely crushed here. Windows soon.
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@levie
Aaron Levie
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The new Codex is another jump in what agents will look like for knowledge workers. Agents that can code, work with tools, and use computers, can begin to execute long running tasks in the background for all areas of work. This can mean drafting reports, setting up data rooms fo…
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@kimmonismus
@kimmonismus
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The real signal is in OpenAI's own framing: 3M weekly Codex users, and they claim nearly half of usage is already non-coding. Codex is being repositioned as a general work agent, not just a dev tool. „Workbench for real work, before, around, and after writing code. " This is a…
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@sama
Sam Altman
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Lots of major improvements to Codex! Computer use is a real update for me; it feels even more useful than I expected. It can use all of the apps on your Mac, in parallel and without interfering with your direct work.
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@jameszmsun
James Sun
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We are super excited to launch the in-app browser inside Codex with comment mode! View any web pages & iterate with your agent quickly with just point and click. Codex will automatically capture a screenshot, the DOM element, and feed it as precise context to your next [video]
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OpenAI: Codex for Almost Everything
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OpenAI sherlocked a bunch of YC startups today
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Codex for (almost) everything