The collaboration will allow developers using Codex to connect Razorpay within the agent and start accepting payments.

OpenAI upgrades Codex to automate your workflows - and compete better with Claude Code

In its update today, Anthropic revealed new “organization-wide controls” to help corporate teams deploy its autonomous Claude Cowork service. Meanwhile, OpenAI took a different path, slashing the cost of the “Pro” subscription to access its popular Codex programming tools.

OpenAI also reset rate limits for current $200 tier members to ensure uninterrupted service during the transition.

The big headlines on this release are efficiency, with OpenAI reporting that GPT-5.4 uses far fewer tokens (47% fewer on some tasks) than its predecessors).

Fidji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of Applications, will oversee the change with assistance from OpenAI President Greg Brockman. OpenAI will combine its web browser, ChatGPT app and Codex coding app into a singular desktop super app, CNBC confirmed on Thursday.

The plugin allows developers to run Codex reviews and delegate tasks directly within Anthropic’s Claude Code environment using a shared local setup.

OpenAI says its seeing breakout growth for its AI coding tool Codex, even as controversy over the company’s agreement to supply AI to the Pentagon has derailed the public messaging around Codex’s momentum and resulted in some consumers boycotting its ...