{"slug": "openai-s-codex-can-now-watch-you-work-once-and-repeat-the-task-forever", "title": "OpenAI's Codex can now watch you work once and repeat the task forever", "summary": "OpenAI released a new Record & Replay feature for the Codex app on macOS, allowing users to record a workflow once and have the AI agent repeat it autonomously. The feature is not yet available in the EU, UK, or Switzerland and requires Computer Use to be enabled. Codex is OpenAI's AI agent for coding and white-collar work automation, free to download but requiring a paid ChatGPT account for full use.", "body_md": "# OpenAI's Codex can now watch you work once and repeat the task forever\n\n**OpenAI released a new feature called Record & Replay for the Codex app on macOS.** Users can walk the AI agent through a workflow onc, like uploading a YouTube video with metadata, a thumbnail, and subtitles. Codex turns that recording [into a reusable \"skill\"](https://the-decoder.de/skills-und-internetzugang-openai-erweitert-api-moeglichkeiten-fuer-autonome-ki-agenten/) and can then repeat the process on its own. The feature isn't available yet in the EU, the UK, or Switzerland, and it requires [Computer Use to be turned on](https://the-decoder.de/openai-bringt-computer-use-fuer-codex-auf-windows-11-die-ki-steuert-jetzt-auch-den-pc/). Computer Use has been available in the EU since June 16.\n\nAlso new in [version 26.616](https://developers.openai.com/codex/app/automations): bulk actions for the Automations history, plus the ability to [hand off threads between a local and remote host](https://developers.openai.com/codex/remote-connections#hand-off-a-thread-between-hosts) to continue tasks on a connected machine. Codex is [OpenAI's AI agent for coding and white-collar-work automation](https://chatgpt.com/de-DE/codex/). The app is free to download, but you need a paid ChatGPT account to get real use out of it.\n\n```\nAI News Without the Hype – Curated by Humans\n\n\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to THE DECODER for ad-free reading, a weekly AI newsletter, our exclusive \"AI Radar\" frontier report six times a year, full archive access, and access to our comment section.\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe now\n```\n\n[OpenAI](https://developers.openai.com/codex/changelog#codex-2026-06-18-app)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-codex-can-now-watch-you-work-once-and-repeat-the-task-forever", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/openais-codex-can-now-watch-you-work-once-and-repeat-the-task-forever/", "published_at": "2026-06-20 13:15:08+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-20 13:39:41.034965+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-products", "ai-tools", "ai-research"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Codex", "ChatGPT"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-codex-can-now-watch-you-work-once-and-repeat-the-task-forever", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-codex-can-now-watch-you-work-once-and-repeat-the-task-forever.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-codex-can-now-watch-you-work-once-and-repeat-the-task-forever.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-codex-can-now-watch-you-work-once-and-repeat-the-task-forever.jsonld"}}