OpenAI launches Codex app for Mac: several AI agents code together
The new app can run multiple agents in parallel and handle tasks automatically on a schedule.
On February 2, OpenAI released a new Codex app for macOS, built for coding with AI agents.
What does it do?
- Runs multiple agents in parallel
- Automations: tasks can run in the background on a schedule, with results queued for review
- Arrives less than two months after the GPT-5.2-Codex model
Codex so far
- Launched in April 2025 as a command-line tool
- Came to the web a month later
- Now has a dedicated Mac app
Sam Altman said: "As fast as I can type in new ideas, that is the limit of what can get built."
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