OpenAI's standalone Codex application, designed for AI-powered coding, reached a significant milestone, surpassing 1 million downloads in its first week, according to CEO Sam Altman. Meanwhile, Discord announced updates to its age verification process, and Google upgraded its safety tools to help users remove personal information from the web. In other tech news, Wikipedia editors are considering blacklisting Archive.today, and Windows users are being reminded of expiring security certificates.
The rapid adoption of OpenAI's Codex app, currently available only for Mac computers, mirrors the explosive growth of the company's ChatGPT chatbot, which launched in late 2022. This surge represents a 60% week-over-week growth in overall Codex users, following the app's February 2 launch and the subsequent release of the underlying GPT-5.3-Codex model, as reported by VentureBeat. However, the company is signaling a shift away from unlimited free access to its most powerful tools, moving towards a more restricted model.
Discord clarified that the "vast majority" of its users will not need to use face scans or IDs to verify their age, according to The Verge. The platform stated that age prediction, using existing information, will likely be sufficient for many users. This update comes as the company seeks to ensure users are accessing age-restricted content appropriately.
Google also announced upgrades to its safety tools, with the "Results About You" tool now able to find and remove more personal information, including ID numbers like passports, driver's licenses, and Social Security numbers, as reported by Ars Technica. Additionally, the tool for removing non-consensual explicit imagery (NCEI) has been made faster to use.
In other developments, Wikipedia editors are debating whether to blacklist Archive.today, an archive site, after it was used to direct a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against a blogger, according to Ars Technica. Editors are considering three options: removing or hiding all Archive.today links and adding the site to the spam blacklist, deprecating Archive.today while keeping existing archived links, or maintaining the status quo.
Finally, Windows users are being reminded of the upcoming expiration of the original Secure Boot certificates, which have been used to verify PC bootloaders since 2011, according to Ars Technica. These certificates, which are set to expire in June, are crucial for ensuring that unverified software cannot be loaded at startup, a key feature introduced with Windows 8.
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