Testing Out OpenAI's New "Super App"

Matt Wolfe · Beginner ·📰 AI News & Updates ·3mo ago

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Exploring OpenAI's Codex as an AI super app with computer control and background task capabilities

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There's been a bit of talk recently that OpenAI is going to sort of consolidate everything into one single super app like ChatGPT, their image generator, their code generator, and it really feels like that super app might end up being Codex. Codex can now operate your computer alongside you. It can now generate images. It can remember your preferences, and it can take on ongoing and repeating tasks. Let's go ahead and say, "Generate a mock-up image of a website for a site that sells surfboards and tacos." The fact that it actually generated this image directly inside of Codex is new. You would have normally had to go to ChatGPT, generate it there, bring the image in. "Build this site for me based on the mock-up image." It's automatically using the front-end design skill, and now it's starting to build it out. It created SVGs instead of actually pulling in images. Let's go ahead and select this area right here and say, "Generate an image that has surfboards and taco truck like the original mock-up and use it as the background for this section. Make sure it doesn't interfere with the text." It put the truck over to the right so that it didn't interfere with our text. Exactly what we were looking to do.

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The biggest AI update this week isn't a new model, it's a new interface. This week, pretty much every major AI company—OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google—rolled out major UI updates. But the one that stood out most to me? OpenAI's Codex. It's really starting to become an AI “super app.” Here’s what changed: 💻 It can now control your computer (click, type, navigate) 💡 Run tasks in the background while you keep working 🏞️ Generate images directly inside the app 🔨 Build apps → test them → and even use them for you Feels like we’re getting closer to that “one app that does everything” faster than expected. Would you use this "super app"? 👇 #AI #Ainews #Codex #OpenAI #AiAgent
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