OpenAI takes aim at Anthropic with beefed-up Codex that gives it more power over your desktop

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OpenAI announced major updates to Codex this week, including desktop automation capabilities that allow the tool to operate in the background on Mac computers, controlling apps and performing tasks independently. New features include an in-app browser, memory function for recalling previous sessions, image generation, and 111 plugin integrations. The upgrades aim to compete with Anthropic's Claude Code in the enterprise coding assistant market.

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