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OpenAI's Codex Crosses 8 Million Users as AI Coding Enters a New Phase

OpenAI's AI coding assistant Codex has crossed 8 million weekly active users, marking one of the company's fastest-growing developer products to date and underscoring the growing enterprise demand for AI-powered software development tools.

The milestone comes just days after OpenAI launched GPT-5.6 and integrated the standalone Codex application into the ChatGPT desktop app alongside the introduction of ChatGPT Work, its new agentic workspace for knowledge workers.

The rapid uptake reflects a broader shift in enterprise AI adoption, where coding assistants are evolving from standalone developer tools into integrated productivity platforms.

GPT-5.6 Accelerates Codex Adoption

OpenAI Engineering Lead for Codex Tibo Sottiaux announced on X that the combined weekly active users of Codex and ChatGPT Work had surpassed 8 million, continuing a sharp growth trajectory over the past few months.

Hello. We have reached 8M active users across Codex and ChatGPT Work.

We are once again resetting the usage limits for...

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Dario Amodei admits AI companies have not delivered on their promises

Dario Amodei wrote on X that the most accurate criticism of AI companies including Anthropic is that they have not yet delivered on their promises, and that only genuine breakthroughs will win public trust. It lands as Anthropic prepares a listing that backers expect to value it at $2trn. Dario

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