User asks Sam Altman: Codex browser control shouldn't lock up my whole computer

Kuprel · x · 2026-10-06

Developer Kuprel voices a usability complaint to Sam Altman about OpenAI Codex's computer use: while the agent drives the browser, the user can't keep using their own machine and must wait for it to finish. He argues it should run in the background—there's no reason to block the user.

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