OpenAI says Codex reverse-engineering blocks are accidental, fix underway

tszzl · x · 2026-10-26

After a rumor warned that OpenAI and Anthropic had nerfed models to block users from cleaning spamware/spyware out of TVs via Codex, an OpenAI staffer responded: the blocks are mostly accidental results of difficult decision boundaries, there's no prohibition against reverse engineering with Codex, and a fix is coming.

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