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OpenAI launches research preview of Codex AI software engineering agent for developers — with parallel tasking
Starting today it will be available as a research preview for ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users, with support later for Plus and Edu.
According to recent data from SimilarWeb, traffic to developer-focused AI tools has surged by 75% over the past 12 weeks, underscoring the growing demand for coding assistants as essential infrastructure rather than experimental add-ons. But on the other hand, the fact that this new Codex AI SWE agent is in “research preview” to start may be a form of OpenAI pressuring Windsurf or Cursor or anyone else to come to the bargaining table and strike a deal. Codex is designed with professional developers in mind, but Embiricos noted that even product managers have found it helpful for suggesting or validating changes before pulling in human SWEs.
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