OpenAI just launched 'Codex', a new AI agent for software engineering
Briefly

OpenAI has launched Codex, an AI agent designed for software engineering tasks, which is now available in preview. Powered by the refined codex-1 model, Codex aligns its outputs to human coding standards and performs multiple coding functions within ChatGPT. Users can assign tasks, such as writing features and fixing bugs, through a simple interface. Each task is executed in a separate cloud sandbox, ensuring a secure environment. Additionally, Codex offers real-time monitoring and provides verifiable evidence of its actions, enhancing transparency in software development processes.
Codex can perform tasks for you such as writing features, answering questions about your codebase, fixing bugs, and proposing pull requests for review.
During training of codex-1, OpenAI aimed to align outputs closely with human coding preferences and standards, producing consistently cleaner code outputs.
The new AI agent is integrated within ChatGPT, allowing users to assign tasks by typing a prompt and clicking 'Code', processed in an isolated environment.
Once completed, Codex provides users with verifiable evidence of its actions via citations of terminal logs and test outputs.
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