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OpenAI introduced Codex on 16 May 2025 as a cloud-based software engineering agent.

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OpenAI May 16, 2025 [...] Today we’re launching a research preview of Codex: a cloud-based software engineering agent that can work on many tasks in parallel.

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Introducing Codex
OpenAI · 2025-05-16

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“OpenAI introduced Codex on 16 May 2025 as a cloud-based software engineering agent.” ai notis, checked 21 Oct 2026. Source: Introducing Codex (OpenAI). https://ainotis.com/c/2172

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ai notis. (2026, October 21). OpenAI introduced Codex on 16 May 2025 as a cloud-based software engineering agent [Checked claim 2172]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/2172

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