OpenAI launches new agentic coding model only minutes after Anthropic drops its own
February 8, 2026
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- •OpenAI launched GPT-5.3 Codex, an agentic coding tool succeeding Codex, claiming it can create complex apps and games from scratch in days.
- •GPT-5.3 Codex is touted as capable of doing nearly anything developers and professionals do on a computer, and is 25% faster than its predecessor (GPT-5.2).
- •The release of GPT-5.3 Codex closely follows the release of an agentic coding model by its competitor, Anthropic, with both companies initially planning a simultaneous release.
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