New ChatGPT Codex Update: Automate ANYTHING!
ChatGPT Codex has been updated from a coding-only tool into a general-purpose AI agent capable of automating everyday tasks like email management, website building, scheduling, and computer control. The update includes a 20% speed improvement for browser and computer use, daily scheduled task automation, and role-based onboarding. The presenter demonstrates these features live, including Gmail integration, browser navigation, and app control.
Summary
The video covers a major update to ChatGPT Codex that transforms it from a developer-focused coding tool into a broad AI agent capable of handling everyday personal and professional tasks. The presenter opens by highlighting the core capabilities unlocked by this update: controlling computers, managing inboxes, booking meetings, building websites, and running automated tasks on a daily schedule — all without user intervention. A notable performance improvement is also cited, with Codex now operating 20% faster during computer and browser use tasks.
The presenter walks through a live demonstration starting with connecting Codex to Gmail via a plugin. Once connected, Codex scans the inbox, categorizes emails by urgency and action needed, and can draft or send replies autonomously. The presenter sets up a daily scheduled task that automatically sends an AI automation news digest email, showing that Codex can run these automations on a recurring basis without manual triggering. The email is sent successfully and shown live in the inbox.
The video also demonstrates Codex's computer use capabilities, including opening a calculator app and interacting with it entirely autonomously. The presenter emphasizes that these computer use features work reliably for basic tasks, not just occasionally. Parallel task management is shown, with Codex simultaneously building a website, managing email, and creating a presentation in separate project folders — all running concurrently.
Additional features discussed include the ability to generate images using ChatGPT Image 2.0, create PowerPoint presentations and spreadsheets from natural language descriptions, run terminal commands, and even install and configure third-party AI tools like Open Claw on behalf of non-technical users. Role-based onboarding is mentioned as a new feature that customizes the tool's suggestions based on the user's job role.
The presenter concludes by arguing that Codex addresses a real productivity problem — most workers spend significant time on repetitive tasks like email replies, weekly reports, and document summaries — and that Codex can handle all of this 24/7 without errors. The video ends with a promotional segment for the presenter's paid community, 'AI Profit Bot Army,' which offers tutorials, coaching calls, and step-by-step guides for using Codex and similar tools.
Key Insights
- The presenter argues that Codex has transitioned from a coding-only tool to a general-purpose AI agent for non-technical users, comparing it directly to Claude CoWorker and noting that Google Gemini has released a similar update, framing this as a broader industry shift.
- The presenter states that Codex now operates 20% faster for computer and browser use tasks than its previous version, meaning users spend less time waiting for automated tasks to complete.
- The presenter demonstrates that Codex can run daily scheduled automations — such as sending a curated AI news email digest — without the user needing to check in or trigger the task manually each day.
- The presenter claims that Codex's computer use features work reliably every time for basic tasks, contrasting it with tools that only succeed 50% or 20% of the time, and demonstrates this by having Codex open and interact with a calculator app autonomously.
- The presenter argues that Codex can help non-technical users install and configure complex third-party AI tools like Open Claw or Hermes by handling the technical setup autonomously, removing the barrier of technical knowledge.
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