What's this about?
OpenAI published a video recap of everything shipped in Codex over two months — 150+ updates: GPT-5.6 and an "Ultra" mode, parallel work via /goal, faster computer use, AppShots (screenshot understanding), inline edits, one-click Sites publishing, mobile and SSH workflows, and a full PR review-to-merge flow. Headline number: 7M+ weekly Codex users.
What exactly is Codex?
Codex is OpenAI's coding agent — a tool where you describe work in plain language and the AI plans it, edits the codebase, runs tests, and opens pull requests. It competes directly with Anthropic's Claude Code. The stat to hold onto: yesterday's digest had Codex + ChatGPT Work at 8M combined users growing 2.5x in a week — today clarifies Codex alone is 7M+ weekly.
Why is it worth noting?
2.3k likes; the interesting signal is velocity — 150 updates in two months is consumer-app shipping pace applied to a developer agent, and features like /goal (several agents working in parallel toward one goal) show where all coding tools are headed.