Posted Jun 2, 2026 at 4:58 PM UTCRRichard LawlerWith 5 million weekly users, OpenAI says Codex isn’t just for programmers.As Microsoft shows off its AI tools at Build, close frienemy OpenAI is once again promoting Codex as something for all kinds of information and knowledge-based work that goes beyond ChatGPT’s features. It’s launching new plugins, and says that business and enterprise customers have access to a new preview capable of building “interactive, hosted websites and apps” that it can keep updated with new data.Image: OpenAIFollow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Richard Lawler
With 5 million weekly users, OpenAI says Codex isn’t just for programmers.
As Microsoft shows off its AI tools at Build, close frienemy OpenAI is once again promoting Codex as something for all kinds of information and knowledge-based work that goes beyond ChatGPT’s features. It’s launching new plugins, and says that business and enterprise customers have access to a new preview capable of building “interactive, hosted websites and apps” that it can keep updated with new data. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/Blossom-Enterprise-Summit.png?quality=90&strip=all]
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