"AI is already having a seismic impact on how software is written, with much of the grunt work of programming now performed by swarms of agents and subagents. But as developers experiment with new interfaces and form factors for human-AI collaboration, it's become hard for even the most advanced AI labs to keep up. The current trend is for agentic software development - systems where AI agents can work independently on coding tasks - epitomized by the Claude Code and Cowork apps."
"Now, OpenAI is taking a major step towards catching up. On Monday, the company launched a new MacOS app for Codex, integrating many of the agentic practices that have become popular in the past year. The new app is designed to work with multiple agents in parallel, integrating agent skills and other state-of-the-art workflows. The launch also comes less than two months after the launch of GPT-5.2-Codex, OpenAI's most powerful coding model, which the company hopes will be enough to tempt over Claude Code users."
AI has shifted software development by automating much programming work through swarms of agents and subagents. Developers are experimenting with new interfaces and form factors for human-AI collaboration, driving a trend toward agentic software development where AI agents work independently on coding tasks. OpenAI expanded Codex from command-line and web interfaces to a MacOS app that supports multiple agents in parallel, agent skill integration, and modern workflows. The MacOS launch follows GPT-5.2-Codex, OpenAI's most powerful coding model, aiming to rival Claude Code and other agent platforms. Benchmark results show GPT-5.2 leads on TerminalBench but other agents score similarly within margins.
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