ChatGPT Work on mobile and web is really Codex running in a VM
dkundel · x · 2026-07-26
ChatGPT Work on mobile and web is essentially Codex running inside a VM, with a cloud browser that can persist credentials.
That makes the product’s execution model clearer: it is not just a chat UI, but an agentic environment with browser access and stored login state.
Related event: ChatGPT Work Revealed as Codex Running Inside a Virtual Machine(2 posts)→
More from coding & agent
- Two real 'company brains' opened up live: Gorgias' in-house Cortex vs Slite — femke_plantinga · 2026-09-11
- The browser main thread is expensive: a practical guide to JavaScript and CSS animation cost — jh3yy · 2026-09-11
- Inspired by OpenAI's 10,000-agent run, dev open-sources a crowdsourced agent problem-solving platform — Benjaminsen · 2026-09-11
- Lucid: open-source Mac app keeps your laptop awake only while AI agents run — Pitiful_Hedgehog_600 · 2026-09-11
- banteg's snail project crowdsources AI agents to finish matching Snail Mail's 20 remaining functions — banteg · 2026-09-11
- Alex Townsend posts 200 open problems in numerical linear algebra for humans and AI agents — IgorCarron · 2026-09-11