OpenAI Ratchets Up Codex to Rival Claude Code — Desktop Control, Parallel Agents, In-App Browser
April 16 is turning into one of those days where you need to track multiple major AI coding tool releases simultaneously. While Anthropic shipped Claude Opus 4.7 and OpenClaw defaulted to it, OpenAI pushed a significant Codex update that reads like a direct response to Claude Code’s market gains. The three headline features are substantial, and they’re all aimed at the same outcome: giving Codex the kind of agentic reach that made Claude Code compelling. ...