OpenAI says 97.9% of its employees are now using Codex, up from ~40% in August 2025; non-developer usage of Codex has risen 137x for individual users (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

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Thomas Claburn / The Register : OpenAI says 97.9% of its employees are now using Codex, up from ~40% in August 2025; non-developer usage of Codex has risen 137x for individual users — Codex, it's not just for developers, really — A company can learn a lot about the market by looking at its own employees.

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