OpenAI’s big Codex update is a direct shot at Anthropic’s Claude Code

The Verge AI·April 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM·
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OpenAI is beefing up its agentic coding and development system Codex with a suite of updates that let it use your computer, generate images, and remember from past experiences. Codex will now be able to operate desktop apps on your computer, OpenAI says in a blog post announcing the update. It can work in the […]
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