OpenAI on Monday launched a standalone app for its artificial intelligence-powered coding assistant, Codex, which is temporarily available to all ChatGPT users with Apple computers.
The new app has a simple interface and is designed to serve as a "command center" that makes it easy for software developers to manage multiple AI agents at once, OpenAI said. An AI agent is a tool that can independently complete tasks, like writing code, on behalf of a user.
AI coding assistants have exploded in popularity over the last year, and OpenAI said more than 1 million developers have used Codex in the past month. The company initially launched Codex in April, and it made the product generally available in October.
The new Codex app is part of OpenAI's ongoing effort to lure users and market share away from rivals like Anthropic and Cursor, which have their own buzzy offerings for developers.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the Codex app is "the most loved internal product we've ever had" during a briefing with reporters on Friday.
"It's been totally an amazing thing for us to be using recently at OpenAI," Altman said. "'I've been staying up late at night with excitement, building all sorts of things myself."