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By launching a desktop app, OpenAI is catching up to Anthropic’s popular Claude Code, which already offered a macOS version.

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OpenAI has just launched a brand new Mac app: Codex, which it says is “the best way to build with agents.” Here are the details. OpenAI is expanding its lineup of macOS apps. Joining the existing ...