I quite enjoy OpenAI briefings because the excitement from the folks building the AI is tangible and genuine. They give off a "Check out what we did" vibe that's refreshing among all the corporate speak we get from AI vendors every day.

However, I think there's a law somewhere that all briefings must include slides. One of the company's slides said that 80% of OpenAI's staff use Codex, which highlights how non-programmers can use the Codex Desktop app.

A key feature of the new Codex Desktop is computer use, which means the AI inside Codex Desktop can operate your computer.

This release lets the AI run applications in the background. So, while the technology runs an automation, you can do other tasks in other applications. The computer use feature is only available for MacOS, at least for now.