OpenAI's Dots found to be silently backed by metered Codex threads

Users found OpenAI's Dots are apparently hosted on cloud Codex threads, with coding tasks consuming Codex quota despite 'free' marketing, prompting criticism on Reddit.

2026-09-30 ~ 2026-10-02 · 2 related posts

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