OpenAI launches Codex, an API for translating natural language into code

The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. OpenAI today released OpenAI Codex, its AI system that translates natural language into code, through an API in private beta. Able to understand more than a dozen programming languages, Codex can interpret commands in plain English and execute them, making it possible to build a natural language interface for existing apps. Codex powers Copilot, a GitHub service launched earlier this summer that provides suggestions for whole lines of code inside development environments like Microsoft Visual Studio. Codex is trained on billions of lines of public code and works with a broad set of frameworks and languages, adapting to the edits developers make to match their coding styles.