Using Codex for Manuscript Proofreading
emollick · x · 2026-07-10
The author provides an example of using Codex to process long documents in a real-world scenario: by feeding the AI a PDF of an upcoming book, they received dozens of error-free proofreading suggestions within 30 minutes. Although many suggestions were a bit "nitpicky," it demonstrates that such tools are already capable of participating in serious editing and proofreading workflows.
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