CODEX HITS 5M WEEKLY USERS, 6X GROWTH SINCE FEBRUARY
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OpenAI's Codex has reached 5 million weekly active users, marking a sixfold increase since February. The AI coding assistant is expanding beyond software development into broader knowledge work applications.
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