OpenAI Integrates Codex into ChatGPT Mobile App Amid Competitive Pressure
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Codex is going mobile. The coding tool — which OpenAI launched approximately a year ago — has now been integrated into the ChatGPT app, allowing users to monitor and manage their development workflows remotely.
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WiredOpenAI says it’s folding ChatGPT, its AI coding agent Codex, and its developer-facing API into one core product team. The company says that Codex is increasingly powering its consumer and enterprise offerings, which are gaining the ability to perform digital tasks autonomously on behalf of users.
CNETOpenAI announced a feature this week that will allow AI coders to leave their laptops at home. The company is adding Codex, the company's programming app, to the ChatGPT mobile app. So, if you're running Codex on a laptop, desktop, devbox or remote location, you can still stay connected to the process with your cellphone, even if you're out and about.
EngadgetSince debuting last spring, OpenAI's Codex coding app has seen standalone Mac and Windows releases, so it was only a matter of time before OpenAI gave people a way to access their Codex projects on mobile. Now it's doing just that. Starting today, all ChatGPT users, including those using the chatbot through OpenAI's Go and Free tiers, can use the software through the ChatGPT app on Android and iOS.
The VergeOpenAI’s Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app You’ll be able to tell the company’s desktop AI tool what to do from your iOS or Android phone.
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“This is more than the ability to remotely control a single task or dispatch new tasks to your computer,” OpenAI said in a statement. “From your phone, you can work across all of your threads, review outputs, approve commands, change models, or start something new.”
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CNET"From your phone, you can start work when it is top of mind, unblock it when your judgment is needed, and stay close to the result as it takes shape," OpenAI said in its announcement.
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In the last year, OpenAI has faced increasing pressure from competitors, including Anthropic in coding domains and Google in consumer chatbots. OpenAI leaders are hoping to simplify product offerings ahead of its plan to file for an IPO, which could happen later this year.
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The VergeIt’s all part of OpenAI’s recent strategic shift to focus on key revenue drivers like coding and enterprise and stop pouring resources into “side quests” ahead of its potential IPO later this year and amid investor pressure to turn a profit.
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01 CNET So, I could sympathize a bit with folks who keep their laptops open everywhere to keep their AI coding operations running continuously. They have to maintain their Wi-Fi connections -- whether at an airport or restaurant or even their kids' ice-skating practice -- so that their AI agents can keep operating.
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02 Wired Other OpenAI executives left the company entirely last month, including the head of its AI workspace for scientists, Kevin Weil; head of Sora, Bill Peebles; and its chief technology officer of enterprise applications, Srinivas Narayanan. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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03 The Verge The feature is rolling out now as a preview on iOS and Android for all ChatGPT plans, including the free plan and the more affordable Go plan.
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