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OpenAI launches a Codex desktop app for macOS to run multiple AI coding agents in parallel

OpenAI on Monday released a new desktop application for its Codex artificial intelligence coding system, a tool the company says transforms software development from a collaborative exercise with a si [...]

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Claude Code 2.1.0 arrives with smoother workflows and smarter agents

Anthropic has released Claude Code v2.1.0, a notable update to its "vibe coding" development environment for autonomously building software, spinning up AI agents, and completing a wide rang [...]

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The most important OpenAI announcement you probably missed at DevDay 2025

OpenAI’s annual developer conference on Monday was a spectacle of ambitious AI product launches, from an app store for ChatGPT to a stunning video-generation API that brought creative concepts to li [...]

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Anthropic's Claude Code can now read your Slack messages and write code for you

Anthropic on Monday launched a beta integration that connects its fast-growing Claude Code programming agent directly to Slack, allowing software engineers to delegate coding tasks without leaving the [...]

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OpenAI’s GPT-5.3-Codex drops as Anthropic upgrades Claude — AI coding wars heat up ahead of Super Bowl ads

OpenAI on Wednesday released GPT-5.3-Codex, which the company calls its most capable coding agent to date, in an announcement timed to land at the exact same moment Anthropic unveiled its own flagship [...]

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Claude Code costs up to $200 a month. Goose does the same thing for free.

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OpenAI deploys Cerebras chips for 15x faster code generation in first major move beyond Nvidia

OpenAI on Thursday launched GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, a stripped-down coding model engineered for near-instantaneous response times, marking the company's first significant inference partnership outsi [...]

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OpenAI debuts GPT‑5.1-Codex-Max coding model and it already completed a 24-hour task internally

OpenAI has introduced GPT‑5.1-Codex-Max, a new frontier agentic coding model now available in its Codex developer environment. The release marks a significant step forward in AI-assisted software en [...]

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OpenAI drastically updates Codex desktop app to use all other apps on your computer, generate images, preview webpages

Confirming it has reached 3 million weekly developers, OpenAI is massively updating its Codex developer environment via its Mac and Windows desktop apps today to bring it closer to the “Super App” [...]

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