Openai on Friday deployed a powerful new tool for software developers to further drive AI-powered automation of coding tasks.
A new product called Codex is an AI agent designed to help programmers write code, fix bugs and run tests.
“Openai’s tech team has begun using Codex as part of the Daily Toolkit,” Openai said in BlogPost. “Openai engineers are most often used to offload repeatable, well-tuned tasks, such as refactoring, renaming, writing tests.
“If we are uncertain or faced with a test failure, Codex agents are now able to explicitly communicate these issues and make informed decisions about how users can proceed,” added Openai.
Unlike traditional chatbots that respond to prompts and generate responses, AI agents like Codex can interact with other software and online services, such as assisting with Doordash orders and booking dinner appointments.
The Codex rollout came after Openai launched GPT-4.5 in February. The livestream demo highlighted improved inference, reduced intuition and hallucination.
CEO Sam Altman described it as “the first model to feel like talking to thoughtful people,” but said that intelligence and nuance comes from sudden computational costs. Due to a shortage of GPU, GPT-4.5 was initially available to only $200 monthly ChatGPT Pro users.
Codex is now available to subscribers of Openai’s ChatGPT Pro Plan. Openai also said it would ultimately bring Codex to other premium products.
Openai did not respond immediately to requests for comment.
