OpenAI takes aim at Anthropic with beefed-up Codex that gives it more power over your desktop

# OpenAI's New Coding Tool Gets Smarter OpenAI has upgraded its AI coding assistant to be more powerful and capable of handling complex tasks on your computer—a move aimed at competing with rival Anthropic. The tool can now do more things on its own without needing constant human guidance, which could speed up software development work. For non-technical professionals, this means AI is getting better at automating tedious coding tasks, though it also raises questions about how much computer access these AI tools should have.