OpenAI Researchers Don't Know How Good Claude Is, Says Will DePue

willdepue · x · 2026-10-24

willdepue worries most OpenAI researchers don't realize how much better Claude is because they lack access and time for hard technical projects. He credits Codex's strengths — great feel, stellar computer use, better queueing/messaging — but says it takes 5x more mental effort to babysit.

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