<ul><li>OpenAI has launched Codex, a new AI coding agent aimed at streamlining routine programming work and setting a new standard for AI-driven software engineering.</li><li>Codex is built on a specialized version of OpenAI's o3 reasoning model, codex-1, which has been fine-tuned for software engineering by training on various coding tasks using reinforcement learning.</li><li>Codex operates within a cloud-based sandbox that mirrors the user's development environment, connects to GitHub, and is capable of performing tasks ranging from a minute to half an hour simultaneously without interrupting the user's workflow.</li><li>OpenAI emphasizes the importance of users manually reviewing and validating all AI-generated code before integration into production to mitigate potential errors, even though Codex shows strong performance and safety measures are in place.</li></ul>

OpenAI launches Codex, a new AI coding agent for software development

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