Do You Think AI Workflows Will Be Bigger Than Chatbots?
Summary
A new paper on OpenAI Codex reveals agentic AI usage grew over fivefold in the first half of 2026, with adoption expanding beyond software developers, indicating AI workflows may surpass chatbots.
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