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The Urge to Merge (ChatGPT and Codex)

Power users revolt at OpenAI’s tool combination. Plus: The battle for knowledge-work OS, managing agents with Fable, and a 53 percent error-rate drop

The Urge to Merge (ChatGPT and Codex)

TL;DR

  • OpenAI merged Codex into the ChatGPT desktop app, renaming it and facing criticism for alienating power users.
  • Anthropic adjusted Claude's usage limits following the release of OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol, potentially to retain users.
  • Both OpenAI and Anthropic are betting on agentic work, aiming for their flagship assistants to be the starting point for knowledge tasks.
  • A growing trend among power users is to use expensive AI models for planning and cheaper models for execution, sometimes even across different AI providers.
  • The competition between OpenAI and Anthropic is seen as beneficial for users, offering new opportunities and workflows.