Fact-check: o3-mini, Codex and Deep Research all launched on Fridays
kimmonismus · x · 2026-11-06
Countering the claim that OpenAI never releases major models on Fridays, kimmonismus looked it up: o3-mini, Codex, and Deep Research were all Friday launches, making a same-week release rumor more plausible.
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