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May 16 from http://gizmodo.com/

OpenAI Just Released a Coding Tool to ‘Help’ Programmers (Replace Their Jobs, Probably)

OpenAI has launched a new agentic coding tool with the potential to make even the most fresh-faced code monkey a software superstar. Codex, which the company announced on Thursday, represents a new sidebar feature inside OpenAI’s flagship product, ChatGPT. While obviously an exciting event in the world of software development, the tool also seems like it has the potential to replace skilled...

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May 16 from https://arstechnica.com/

OpenAI introduces Codex, its first full-fledged AI agent for coding

We've been expecting it for a while, and now it's here: OpenAI has introduced an agentic coding tool called Codex in research preview. The tool is meant to allow experienced developers to delegate rote and relatively simple programming tasks to an AI agent that will generate production-ready code and show its work along the way. Codex is a unique interface (not to be confused with the Codex...

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May 16 from https://www.theverge.com/

ChatGPT is getting an AI coding agent

is a deputy editor and author of thenewsletter. He has been reporting on the tech industry for more than a decade. OpenAI’s next “low-key research preview” has arrived. This time, it’s not ChatGPT, but a coding agent dubbed Codex that is being made available to ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team subscribers starting Friday. By drumming up comparisons to how ChatGPT was first described, CEO...

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May 16 from https://venturebeat.com/

OpenAI launches research preview of Codex AI software engineering agent for developers — with parallel tasking

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Surprise! Just days after reports emerged suggesting OpenAI was buying white-hot coding startup Windsurf, the former company appears to be launching its own competitor service as a research preview under its brand name Codex, going head-to-head against Windsurf,...

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Mar 21 from https://www.technologyreview.com/

OpenAI has released its first research into how using ChatGPT affects people’s emotional well-being

The researchers found some intriguing differences between how men and women respond to using ChatGPT. After using the chatbot for four weeks, female study participants were slightly less likely to socialize with people than their male counterparts who did the same. Meanwhile, participants who interacted with ChatGPT’s voice mode in a gender that was not their own for their interactions...

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