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OpenAI debuts GPT-Rosalind, a new limited access model for life sciences, and broader Codex plugin on Github

OpenAI debuts GPT-Rosalind, a new limited access model for life sciences, and broader Codex plugin on Github

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The journey from a laboratory hypothesis to a pharmacy shelf is one of the most grueling marathons in modern industry, typically spanning 10 to 15 years and billions of dollars in investment. Progress is often stymied not just by the inherent mysteries of biology, but by the “fragmented and difficult to scale” workflows that force researchers to manually pivot between the actual experimental design equipment, software, and databases. But OpenAI is releasing a new specialized model GPT-Rosalind specifically to speed up this process and make it more efficient, easier, and ideally, more productive. Named after the pioneering chemist Rosalind Franklin, whose work was vital to the discovery of DNA’s structure (and was often overlooked for her male colleagues James Watson and Francis Crick), this new frontier reasoning model is purpose-built to act as a specialized intelligence layer for life sciences research. By shifting AI’s role from a general-purpose assistant to a domain-specific “reasoning” partner, OpenAI is signaling a long-term commitment to biological and chemical discovery. What GPT-Rosalind offers GPT-Rosalind isn’t just about faster text generation; …

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

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

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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” the company has confirmed it is pursuing. Before today, Codex was primarily an environment for using OpenAI’s underlying language models to write, edit, debug and ship software as directed by the user. Now, Codex will be able to access all of the other apps on your computer, surface relevant information from within them to you when asked or proactively, take actions as directed in said applications, and, in the case of Mac users, even do so while you continue manually using your computer simultaneously to your agents working in the background. Andrew Ambrosino, an OpenAI technical staffer on the Codex team, described the change plainly in an embargoed press briefing I attended virtually yesterday: “Codex can actually click on apps, launch apps, and type into apps. This works with any apps on your machine.”  Codex on desktop is further getting its own built-in …

OpenAI Adds New 0/Month ChatGPT Subscription Tier for Heavier Codex Use

OpenAI Adds New $100/Month ChatGPT Subscription Tier for Heavier Codex Use

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OpenAI today added a new subscription tier, which the company says is meant to support increasing Codex use. Codex is OpenAI’s AI coding agent that’s integrated into ChatGPT, and it competes with Anthropic’s Claude Code. The new $100/month Pro tier provides 5x more Codex usage than the $20/month ChatGPT Plus plan. OpenAI says that it is best for longer, high-effort Codex sessions. ChatGPT also has a $200 Pro tier with a 20x higher usage allowance, and the $100/month plan is a new middle-tier option. Both the $100 and $200 plans share the “Pro” name. Pro subscribers will have access to all Pro features, including the Pro model and unlimited access to Instant and Thinking models. To celebrate the launch of the new plan, OpenAI is increasing Codex usage for a limited time. Through May 31, customers who subscribe to the $100/month Pro plan will get up to 10x usage of ChatGPT Plus on Codex. In addition to introducing the new plan, OpenAI is “rebalancing” Codex usage in Plus to support more sessions throughout the week, …

OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Pro 0 tier with 5X usage limits for Codex compared to Plus

OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Pro $100 tier with 5X usage limits for Codex compared to Plus

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OpenAI is making moves to try and court more developers and vibe coders (those who build software using AI models and natural language) away from rivals like Anthropic. Today, the firm arguably most synonymous with the generative AI boom announced it will begin offering a new, more mid-range subscription tier — a $100 ChatGPT Pro plan — which joins its free, Go ($8 monthly), Plus ($20 monthly) and existing Pro ($200 monthly) plans for individuals using ChatGPT and related OpenAI products. OpenAI also currently offers Edu, Business ($25 per user monthly, formerly known as Team) and Enterprise (variably priced) plans for organizations in said sectors. Why offer a $100 monthly ChatGPT Pro plan? So why introduce a new $100 ChatGPT Pro plan, then? The big selling point from OpenAI is that the new plan offers five times greater usage limits on Codex, the company’s agentic vibe coding application/harness (the name is shared by both, as well as a lineup of coding-specific language gmodels), than the existing, $20 monthly Plus plan, which seems fair given the …

Cursor Launches a New AI Agent Experience to Take On Claude Code and Codex

Cursor Launches a New AI Agent Experience to Take On Claude Code and Codex

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Cursor announced Thursday the launch of Cursor 3, a new product interface that allows users to spin up AI coding agents to complete tasks on their behalf. The product, which was developed under the code name Glass, is Cursor’s response to agentic coding tools like Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex, which have taken off with millions of developers in recent months. “In the last few months, our profession has completely changed,” said Jonas Nelle, one of Cursor’s heads of engineering, in an interview with WIRED. “A lot of the product that got Cursor here is not as important going forward anymore.” Cursor increasingly finds itself in competition with leading AI labs for developers and enterprise customers. The company pioneered one of the first and most popular ways for developers to code with AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google—making Cursor one of these companies’ biggest AI customers. But in the last 18 months, OpenAI and Anthropic have launched agentic coding products of their own, and started offering them through highly subsidized subscriptions that have …

OpenAI ‘Superapp’ to Merge ChatGPT, Codex, and Atlas Browser

OpenAI ‘Superapp’ to Merge ChatGPT, Codex, and Atlas Browser

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OpenAI has a Mac “superapp” in development that unifies its ChatGPT app, Codex coding platform, and Atlas browser, reports The Wall Street Journal ($). The idea behind the all-in-one app is to simplify the user experience, following the launch of several standalone products, some of which haven’t resonated with OpenAI’s customers. The company is also trying to bounce back after the recent successes of its main rival, Anthropic. OpenAI executives are said to be looking at areas it can deprioritize while it focuses on creating agentic AI capabilities within the new superapp that can work autonomously on a user’s computer to carry out various tasks like writing code and analyzing data. In an all-hands meeting last week, OpenAI’s chief of applications Fidji Simo reportedly told employees they couldn’t afford to be distracted by “side quests” given Anthropic’s rapid success winning over enterprise and coding customers. From the report: An OpenAI spokeswoman said the new “superapp” will enable teams inside OpenAI to work more closely together, and help the research division focus its efforts around improving …

An Introduction to the Codex Seraphinianus, the Strangest Book Ever Published

An Introduction to the Codex Seraphinianus, the Strangest Book Ever Published

Published by José Betancourt

Imag­ine you could talk to Hierony­mus Bosch, the authors of the Book of Rev­e­la­tion, or of the Voyn­ich Man­u­script—a bizarre 15th cen­tu­ry text writ­ten in an uncrack­able code; that you could solve cen­turies-old mys­ter­ies by ask­ing them, “what were you think­ing?” You might be dis­ap­point­ed to hear them say, as does Lui­gi Ser­afi­ni, author and illus­tra­tor of the Codex Seraphini­anus, “At the end of the day [it’s] sim­i­lar to the Rorschach inkblot test. You see what you want to see. You might think it’s speak­ing to you, but it’s just your imag­i­na­tion.” If you were a long­time devo­tee of an intense­ly sym­bol­ic, myth­ic text, you might refuse to believe this. It must mean some­thing, fans of the Codex have insist­ed since the book’s appear­ance in 1981. It shares many sim­i­lar­i­ties with the Voyn­ich Man­u­script, save its rel­a­tive­ly recent vin­tage and liv­ing author: both the Seraphini­anus and the Voyn­ich seem to be com­pendi­ums of an oth­er­world­ly nat­ur­al sci­ence and art, and both are writ­ten in a whol­ly invent­ed lan­guage. Ser­afi­ni tells Wired he thinks Voyn­ich is …

Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-5.3 Codex for AI Coding Workflows

Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-5.3 Codex for AI Coding Workflows

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Can a single AI model truly balance speed, precision, and adaptability, or are trade-offs inevitable? Greg Isenberg takes a closer look at how Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-5.3 Codex tackle this question, offering a detailed comparison of two of the most advanced coding-focused AI systems available today. With Claude Opus 4.6 emphasizing multi-agent orchestration for large-scale projects and GPT-5.3 Codex excelling in lightning-fast prototyping and interactive refinement, this analysis provide more insights into their contrasting approaches to AI-driven development and what they mean for developers navigating modern workflows. This breakdown highlights the unique strengths and limitations of each system, including their performance in building a competitor to Poly Market, a prediction market platform. Whether you’re intrigued by the precision and depth of Claude Opus 4.6 or the speed and adaptability of GPT-5.3 Codex, understanding their differences can illuminate which aligns better with your goals. Beyond technical capabilities, this exploration examines how these models integrate into real-world applications, offering a glimpse into the evolving landscape of AI-assisted coding and its impact on the future of software …

OpenAI’s new Codex app hits 1M+ downloads in first week — but limits may be coming to free and Go users

OpenAI’s new Codex app hits 1M+ downloads in first week — but limits may be coming to free and Go users

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In a major milestone for the “AI coding wars,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed on X that the company’s standalone Codex application (currently only for Mac computers) surpassed 1 million downloads in its first week of availability, echoing the explosive growth of OpenAI’s hit chatbot ChatGPT after it first launched in late 2022. The surge reflects a 60% week-over-week growth in overall Codex users, following the February 2 launch of the app and the subsequent release of the underlying GPT-5.3-Codex model. While OpenAI is currently celebrating this rapid adoption, the company is signaling that the era of unlimited free access to its most powerful agentic tools is transitioning toward a more restricted model. The agentic coding command center Unlike traditional auto-complete plugins, the Codex app is positioned as a “command center” for agentic coding. It utilizes GPT-5.3-Codex, a model OpenAI describes as its most capable agentic model to date. Notably, Altman claimed that the model was instrumental in its own creation, with early versions used to debug the very training runs that produced the final …

OpenAI Codex 5.3 vs Anthropic Opus 4.6 : Coding Comparison

OpenAI Codex 5.3 vs Anthropic Opus 4.6 : Coding Comparison

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What if the future of coding wasn’t just faster, but smarter, safer, and more collaborative than ever before? In this walkthrough, Better Stack shows how the latest advancements in AI coding models, OpenAI’s GPT 5.3 Codex vs Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6, are reshaping the way developers approach everything from debugging to creative design. These two powerhouses are not just incremental upgrades; they represent a bold leap forward in AI-driven development. With Codex 5.3 delivering a staggering 25% improvement in execution speed and Opus 4.6 introducing a new 1-million-token context window, the competition between OpenAI and Anthropic is heating up in ways that could redefine the industry. But which model truly delivers on its promises, and what does this mean for your workflow? This analysis dives into the strengths and trade-offs of these innovative systems, exploring how Codex 5.3’s real-time interaction and cybersecurity features stack up against Opus 4.6’s reliability and collaborative capabilities. You’ll discover how GPT 5.3 Codex excels in precision and adaptability, while Opus 4.6 shines in handling large-scale projects with its sub-agent functionality. …