Codex and ChatGPT Work Hit 7M Active Users, OpenAI Issues Usage Reset

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that active users for Codex and ChatGPT Work have reached 7 million. To celebrate this milestone, the company granted a "banked reset" to all accounts, allowing users to manually restore their remaining weekly usage limits. This signals rapid product growth and a broader push toward mass user adoption.

Key Details and Rollout

The banked reset feature is accessible via usage settings. Previously limited to desktop, the capability has now been expanded to both web and mobile platforms. Regarding the rollout pace, information from July 13 indicated that an early batch of about 500k users received the update before it reached the wider user base. Additionally, a small subset of users initially experienced issues where the reset failed to fully restore their limits, which was subsequently addressed.

Growth Drivers and Internal Adoption

Regarding the surge in users, @___Patrice___ noted that the rise in Codex users is largely due to OpenAI distributing it to millions of ChatGPT users, meaning growth is driven by mass product integration rather than just independent developers. Meanwhile, according to information shared by Ronnie Chatterji, OpenAI employees in non-research and non-engineering roles have quickly caught up with technical staff in Codex usage over just a few months, reflecting the tool's rapid internal adoption.

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