OpenAI launches Codex, an AI coding agent, in ChatGPT

OpenAI launches Codex, an AI coding agent, in ChatGPT

OpenAI announced on Friday it’s launching a research preview of Codex, the company’s most capable AI coding agent yet. Codex is powered by codex-1, a version of the company’s o3 AI reasoning model optimized for software engineering tasks. OpenAI says codex-1 produces “cleaner” code than o3, adheres more precisely to instructions, and will iteratively run…

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Alarm bells ring in US over OpenAI’s crypto project World

Alarm bells ring in US over OpenAI’s crypto project World

OpenAI’s World project is coming to the US, where a state-by-state approach to privacy could complicate user protections. World Network, the digital identity and crypto project of Sam Altman’s OpenAI, has alarmed privacy activists ahead of its United States launch, with observers concerned over its data collection and protection practices. World “is the opposite of…

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OpenAI’s Stargate project reportedly struggling to get off the ground, thanks to tariffs

OpenAI’s Stargate project reportedly struggling to get off the ground, thanks to tariffs

OpenAI’s ambitious Stargate data center project is facing delays thanks to tariff-related economic uncertainty, reports Bloomberg. Growing market volatility and cheaper AI services have made banks, private equity investors, and asset managers wary of investing in Stargate, an OpenAI-led project that aims to raise up to $500 million for AI infrastructure in the U.S. and…

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Microsoft and OpenAI renegotiate investment deal: Report

Microsoft and OpenAI renegotiate investment deal: Report

News of the deal follows restructuring plans from OpenAI to focus on a public benefit corporation controlled by a non-profit organization. Tech company Microsoft and artificial intelligence firm OpenAI are reportedly in talks to renegotiate the investment deal between the AI firm and Microsoft, which is OpenAI’s biggest financial backer. According to a report from…

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OpenAI’s enterprise adoption appears to be accelerating, at the expense of rivals

ChatGPT’s deep research tool gets a GitHub connector to answer questions about code

OpenAI is enhancing its AI-powered “deep research” feature with the ability to analyze codebases on GitHub. On Thursday, OpenAI announced what it’s calling the first “connector” for ChatGPT deep research, the company’s tool that searches across the web and other sources to compile thorough research reports on a topic. Now, ChatGPT deep research can link…

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