, May 24 -- OpenAI , the company behind the phenomenal automated chatbot ChatGPT, launched its next-generation coding agent, Codex , on May 16, 2025. Designed to streamline several fundamental aspects of software programming, Codex will further dynamise the exponentially growing field of automated coding. Let's look deeper at what Codex is and what it can do .

What is Codex?

OpenAI Codex is an AI model that translates natural language into computer code. Built on OpenAI 0.3 reasoning model technology and trained on vast codebases, it powers tools like GitHub Copilot, enabling users to write, understand, and automate code tasks across multiple programming languages using plain English instructions. Codex accesses GitHub repositories, col...