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Source: OpenAI. Today, OpenAI introduced a long list of productivity and coding updates to Codex. I haven’t had a chance to try the new features myself yet, but the demo OpenAI gave me was as impressive as the company’s message was clear: Codex isn’t just for coders anymore. It was just over a week…

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