{"slug": "openai-s-codex-now-encrypts-instructions-between-ai-agents-leaving-developers-to", "title": "OpenAI's Codex now encrypts instructions between AI agents, leaving developers blind to internal delegation", "summary": "OpenAI's Codex tool has begun encrypting instructions between AI agents, preventing developers from tracking internal task delegation. The encryption is mandatory for the larger GPT-5.6 variants Sol and Terra, raising concerns about transparency in AI operations.", "body_md": "Since early June, OpenAI's coding tool Codex encrypts the instructions a main agent passes to its subagents. Developers can no longer track how tasks get delegated internally. For the larger GPT-5.6 variants Sol and Terra, the encryption is mandatory.\n\nThe article [OpenAI's Codex now encrypts instructions between AI agents, leaving developers blind to internal delegation](https://the-decoder.com/openais-codex-now-encrypts-instructions-between-ai-agents-leaving-developers-blind-to-internal-delegation/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-codex-now-encrypts-instructions-between-ai-agents-leaving-developers-to", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/openais-codex-now-encrypts-instructions-between-ai-agents-leaving-developers-blind-to-internal-delegation/", "published_at": "2026-07-15 08:30:48+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-15 08:51:23.651905+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-safety", "ai-ethics", "ai-policy", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Codex", "GPT-5.6", "Sol", "Terra"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-codex-now-encrypts-instructions-between-ai-agents-leaving-developers-to", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-codex-now-encrypts-instructions-between-ai-agents-leaving-developers-to.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-codex-now-encrypts-instructions-between-ai-agents-leaving-developers-to.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-codex-now-encrypts-instructions-between-ai-agents-leaving-developers-to.jsonld"}}