OpenAI says today's Codex will feel "primitive" by fall
Thibault Sottiaux, who leads OpenAI's Codex products, says the current Codex will look outdated before the end of the year. A Chinese report says Codex could also be replaced by a new generation of AI models in the coming months.
Who is affected and how
- tech lead
- Plan tool choices around a short review cycle, because capabilities change quickly.
- CTO
- Favour a flexible, swappable agent layer over long contracts.
Sources
- Today’s Codex will feel “primitive” by fall — and its own team’s roadmap backs it upthenewstack.io · Aug 4, 2026
- OpenAI Codex 负责人： Codex 未来数月或被新一代 AI 模型取代 - Odailyodaily.news · Aug 4, 2026
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