Inside GPT-5.5's launch party: Codex picked 200 guests from 8,000 applicants
kyliebytes · x · 2026-09-30
Wired's Kylie Robison reports from OpenAI's exclusive GPT-5.5 launch party in San Francisco, where the model itself chose the date, time, and guest list: Codex picked 200 attendees from 8,000+ applicants, optimizing for 'people who make the Codex internet feel real' rather than top AI influencers. The event featured themed cocktails like Token Refresh and Multimodal Fizz, Goblin Mode stickers, and AI photo booths. The piece continues Robison's earlier coverage of OpenAI's devoted, sometimes unhinged fan culture around Sam Altman.
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