Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

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OpenAI has added a feature to its Codex macOS app that changes the barrier to AI-powered automation: instead of writing a prompt or configuring a workflow, a user performs a task while Codex watches, ...

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