OpenAI Codex Expands Beyond Coding to General Knowledge Work — 'For Everyone, For Any Task Done with a Computer'

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OpenAI repositioned Codex from coding agent to general computer-use agent with role-based onboarding for non-coders. Codex now integrates with Gmail, Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slack, Notion, Microsoft Suite, Atlassian Rovo, GitLab, Figma, and more via first-class plugins. GPT-5.5 powers improved document, spreadsheet, and presentation generation — alpha testers report it outperforms prior models on operational research, spreadsheet modeling, and turning messy business inputs into structured plans.