But there is little evidence that vibe coding will replace software engineers – despite some social media boasts. “It’s not going to replace programmers,” says Wood.

OpenAI’s most advanced AI coding agent, Codex, will bring parallel task automation to developers—but analysts caution that speed without scrutiny invites “silent failures.” ...

OpenAI is also updating Codex CLI, the company’s recently launched open source coding agent that runs in your terminal, with a version of its o4-mini model that’s optimized for software ...