OpenAI launches Codex app to gain ground in AI coding race

OpenAI is launching ‍a mobile app for its coding tool, Codex, in hopes of seizing momentum — ⁠and customers — from its rivals in the AI code-generation space. OpenAI said it designed its Codex app to make it easy for users to ‌simultaneously manage ‌multiple artificial-intelligence agents over a long period of time. The app can also ‌then use code to do things like gather and analyze information, OpenAI officials said during a briefing with reporters. Coding is arguably the most successful application for AI models in recent years. Coding tools are key to helping AI startups attract business customers and the space has ‌grown increasingly competitive.