My colleague wanted a nerdy, niche tool for his MacBook. Codex whipped it up in minutes.
A reporter describes using OpenAI's Codex to build a custom clipboard manager for his MacBook in minutes. The article highlights the growing trend of 'vibe coding,' where non-programmers use AI to create niche software tools.
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This demonstrates the democratization of software development through AI, allowing individuals to solve specific productivity problems without traditional coding skills.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images A version of this story originally appeared in the BI Tech Memo newsletter. Sign up for the weekly BI Tech Memo newsletter here . Every week in the AI Playground section of our Tech Memo newsletter, we feature folks trying an AI tool, or sometimes I test stuff out myself. This week, we hear from Business Insider's star AI reporter Stephen Council . He's been using OpenAI's Codex tool to build software stuff without using code. OpenAI merged Codex with ChatGPT this week, so this is good timing. I adore the copy-paste tool. Every day, it saves me from misspelling names, misquoting sources, wasting time on rewriting… I could go on and on. It's quick and easy and basically perfect. This week, Codex made it better.
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