@gdb: Agents are being adopted very quickly and accelerating work. How this looks across OpenAI itself:
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OpenAI's internal use of Codex agents is accelerating work across departments, offering an early glimpse into how agentic tools may reshape workflows.
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Agents are being adopted very quickly and accelerating work. How this looks across OpenAI itself: https://t.co/pQEiAUWuDa
OpenAI (@OpenAI): Work at OpenAI is being transformed by agents, in every department.
Across our entire company, people are using Codex to do work that is more complex, longer-running, and increasingly cross-functional.
Our internal usage offers an early look at how agentic tools may reshape
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