GoKawiilOpenAI adds persistent cloud environments and voice controls to Codex
OpenAI announced updates to its Codex coding agent at Dev Day, including reusable cloud development environments accessible from any device, a refreshed Codex CLI with voice-directed tasks, and a new code review experience inside the ChatGPT desktop app. The company also introduced Codex Security Cloud, a set of tools aimed at hardening infrastructure around Codex usage.
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By making cloud environments persistent rather than disposable, OpenAI appears to be positioning Codex as a shared team workspace rather than a personal coding tool, which could speed up collaborative workflows. The addition of automated code review and voice commands suggests OpenAI is pushing Codex toward handling more of the software development lifecycle with less direct developer input, though how reliable these reviews are in practice remains to be seen.
- Codex now offers reusable, configurable cloud environments accessible across devices.
- Codex CLI adds voice-directed tasks and a new /agents view for managing multiple jobs.
- A new code review feature and Codex Security Cloud tools were introduced for GitHub/GitLab workflows and infrastructure hardening.
Source: techcrunch.com — Sarah Perez, 2026-09-29
Published there as: “OpenAI gives Codex reusable cloud environments that work across devices”
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