OpenAI Gave Codex Its Own App

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AI adoption among developers has grown rapidly, with over 70% now using AI tools weekly to write, review, or ship code faster.

But this week marks a bigger shift: AI is no longer helping one task at a time; it’s starting to work in parallel, alongside developers.

Inside this newsletter:

  • OpenAI’s Codex macOS app 

  • What Skills, Automations, and higher limits mean for faster coding

  • Practical tips for using AI coding tools 

  • A curated list of AI tools boosting productivity 

  • A quick guide to building a free, no-code AI chatbot

  • Highlights from Google’s latest AI experiments 

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  • NotebookLM is Google’s AI-powered research assistant built to help you think, learn, and synthesize information faster.

  • Powered by Gemini Pro, it lets you upload PDFs, Docs, Slides, and YouTube links and ask questions with cited answers.

  • Automatically generates summaries, FAQs, timelines, study guides, audio overviews, and saved notes from your sources.

  • Designed for students, researchers, writers, marketers, startups, and support teams who work with large volumes of information.

  • Key strengths include multimodal inputs, private-by-default notebooks, accurate citations, and audio summaries for passive learning.

  • Limitations include occasional hallucinations and restricted notebooks and sources on the free plan.

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Google Project Genie: An experimental AI world model that turns text or image prompts into fully explorable, interactive 3D environments.

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OpenAI launches Codex app for macOS

OpenAI has launched the Codex app for macOS, giving developers a new way to manage and supervise multiple AI agents working in parallel on long-running tasks. 

The app is designed to support the full software lifecycle, from design to maintenance, and includes project-based threads, isolated worktrees, Skills, and Automations. 

Codex is available across ChatGPT plans with higher rate limits, and OpenAI plans to expand the app to Windows and add more automation features.

Key Points:

  • Manage multiple AI agents at once with project-based workflows

  • Supports Skills and Automations to speed up development tasks

  • Works across app, CLI, IDE, and cloud with higher usage limits

  • Available now on macOS, with Windows support planned

The article explains how developers can use AI coding tools responsibly to improve productivity without sacrificing code quality. 

Drawing from real-world experience, it shows practical ways AI can assist with understanding codebases, refactoring, testing, upgrades, and automation, while stressing the importance of review, security, and learning fundamentals.

  • Use AI for support, not blind execution

  • Always review, test, and verify outputs

  • Protect security, privacy, and core skills

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