In an interview, Thibault, OpenAI’s head of Codex and ChatGPT, said the current Codex may look primitive in 2-3 months. Next-generation Astra-based agents will need the cloud, where they can run more parallel processes than a typical laptop can handle.

Agent speed is also expected to rise. Today’s Ultra Fast rate of 750+ tokens per second could become the default. Codex and ChatGPT will increasingly share one harness across coding and other tasks.

The stated end goal is Personal AGI, a single personalized app whose interface changes with the user’s task.