Jonathan De Vita: OpenAI Launches Codex, a New AI Coding Agent - News Anyway

Jonathan De Vita: OpenAI Launches Codex, a New AI Coding Agent - News Anyway

Jonathan De Vita is a computer scientist who graduated from Lancaster University, having studied AI and coding as part of his degree. This article will look at Codex, a new AI coding agent from OpenAI that is on course to revolutionise the field of software engineering. In May 2025, OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, made a big push in one of the most popular AI domains, unveiling a research preview of Codex, a solution developed for one of the…

📈 Data to start your week

Hi all,Here’s your Monday round-up of data driving conversations this week in less than 250 words.Let’s go!Bayan Obo Rare Earth Mine in Inner Mongolia (Map data ©2025 Google)Xi’s choice ↑ China controls more than 90% of the world’s processed rare earths and magnets, and from 1 December any product with over 0.1% rare earths will need an export license.AI coding wars ↑ Developers have approved 74% of code written by OpenAI’s Codex, while Claude C…