Ex-OpenAI Codex engineer raises $12M to build an AI-native computer
Daniel Edrisian, a former OpenAI Codex engineer, has raised $12 million for Blackstar Computers, a startup aiming to build an AI-native computer from the hardware up.
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Most Recent OpenAI's Codex team fixes a sneaky bug that was making its agents lazy
A silent authentication bug in OpenClaw was causing OpenAI's Codex agents to fall back to a less capable runtime, making them lazy. A simple fix unlocked their full potential.
Codex now generates images without an API key, but there's a catch
Codex can now generate images directly without API keys, but testing reveals a hard cap of about 1.57 million pixels regardless of aspect ratio.
OpenAI enlists Accenture and PwC to sell Codex to businesses
OpenAI is partnering with Accenture, Capgemini, and PwC to sell its AI coding tool Codex to businesses, as it hits 4 million weekly active users.
GPT-5.5 appears in OpenAI's Codex, but it's not working yet
OpenAI's next big model, likely called GPT-5.5, has surfaced in the Codex developer interface, but it returns an error when selected. The company hasn't officially announced it.
OpenAI's Codex hits 4 million users in under two weeks
OpenAI's Codex coding assistant has reached 4 million monthly active users, adding a million users in under two weeks. The company celebrated by resetting rate limits for all users.
OpenAI's ChatGPT and Codex hit by hours-long outage, with a brief encore
OpenAI's ChatGPT, Codex, and API platform experienced a partial outage lasting over four hours, followed by a brief second hiccup for Codex.
OpenAI's Codex now watches your screen to remember what you're doing
OpenAI's new Chronicle feature for Codex continuously captures your screen to build memory context, but it comes with privacy trade-offs and heightened security risks.
GitHub slams the door on new Copilot Pro subscriptions
GitHub has paused new subscriptions for Copilot Pro, Pro+, and Student tiers, tightened quotas, and removed the Claude Opus model from the Pro plan, citing the need to prioritize existing users amid soaring AI compute costs.
OpenAI's Codex is getting cute pixel-art avatars
OpenAI is preparing to add customizable pixel-art avatars to its Codex developer tool, letting users pick or create visual companions that chat via speech bubbles during coding sessions.