ChatGPT Codex is here - the first cloud hosted Autonomous Software Engineer (A-SWE) from OpenAI. We sat down for a quick pod with two core devs on the ChatGPT Codex team: Josh Ma and Alexander Embiricos to get the inside scoop on the origin story of Codex, from WHAM to its future roadmap.

Follow them: https://github.com/joshma and https://x.com/embirico

Chapters

- 00:00 Introduction to the Latent Space Podcast
- 00:59 The Launch of ChatGPT Codex
- 03:08 Personal Journeys into AI Development
- 05:50 The Evolution of Codex and AI Agents
- 08:55 Understanding the Form Factor of Codex
- 11:48 Building a Software Engineering Agent
- 14:53 Best Practices for Using AI Agents
- 17:55 The Importance of Code Structure for AI
- 21:10 Navigating Human and AI Collaboration
- 23:58 Future of AI in Software Development
- 28:18 Planning and Decision-Making in AI Development
- 31:37 User, Developer, and Model Dynamics
- 35:28 Building for the Future: Long-Term Vision
- 39:31 Best Practices for Using AI Tools
- 42:32 Understanding the Compute Platform
- 48:01 Iterative Deployment and Future Improvements