Author's): JP Caparas
Originally published in Towards Artificial Intelligence.
Codex desktop app, Apple Xcode integration, skills, automation and 500,000 downloads later
On Monday morning, OpenAI dropped the Codex Desktop app. On Tuesday, Apple announced Xcode 26.3 with native Codex integration. On Wednesday, there was an engineering blog explaining how they built it all. Thursday? Hackathon with $90,000 in credits up for grabs.
The article details OpenAI's rapid succession of eight major product announcements over a 72-hour period, starting with the Codex Desktop App and its integration with Apple's Xcode. He discusses the impressive adoption rates of these tools, how they have transformed workflows and introduced features such as skills and automation. The article also describes how Apple has responded to competition by incorporating artificial intelligence into its developer tools and the technical advances in the artificial intelligence models that underlie these updates. Overall, the article highlights the rapid evolution of the development tool landscape and the innovative features introduced by OpenAI during this intense period.
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