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Inside OpenAI’s Codex With Andrew Ambrosino

August 31, 2026 · 45 min

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This week on AppStories, Federico and John are joined by Andrew Ambrosino, the Codex team lead at OpenAI, to talk about the evolution of Codex, the unification of ChatGPT and Codex, Computer Use and Computer History, designing for user trust, and more.

On AppStories+, Andrew shares some of his favorite Mac apps and his Mac origin story.

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