🛠️OpenAI Codex Can Now Drive Your Mac After It Locks
TL;DR
OpenAI shipped remote computer use for Codex, letting the agent operate desktop apps after a Mac locks, including remotely from Codex Mobile. Goal mode also left experimental status, letting Codex pursue an objective for hours or days.
OpenAI shipped remote computer use for Codex, letting the agent operate desktop apps after a Mac locks, including remotely from Codex Mobile. Goal mode also left experimental status, letting Codex pursue an objective for hours or days. Codex now has over 4 million weekly users.
Key Points
Remote computer use lets Codex run desktop apps after the Mac locks, with relock on local input and short-lived authorization
Appshots send the frontmost window plus its text to Codex by pressing both Command keys
Goal mode is now generally available across the app, IDE extension and CLI
OpenAI reports more than 4 million weekly Codex users
Why It Matters
An agent that keeps working on a locked machine removes the 'laptop must stay open' tax on long-running tasks, but the always-authorized session is a fresh attack surface worth scrutinizing.
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Why does this matter?
An agent that keeps working on a locked machine removes the 'laptop must stay open' tax on long-running tasks, but the always-authorized session is a fresh attack surface worth scrutinizing.
What happened?
OpenAI shipped remote computer use for Codex, letting the agent operate desktop apps after a Mac locks, including remotely from Codex Mobile. Goal mode also left experimental status, letting Codex pursue an objective for hours or days.
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