#codex
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AGENTS.md file in Downloads folder hijacks AI coding agents
Researchers found a malicious AGENTS.md instruction file on a customer's machine that pushed an AI coding agent to install a rogue npm package. Browsers save downloads there automatically — and agents read instructions from the same folder without asking.
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Someone jailbroke the Switch 2 with an old game and AI
The Nintendo Switch 2 appears to have its first jailbreak, built with help from OpenAI's Codex. As a demo, a modder loaded a custom Mario Kart World full of guest characters.
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Codex CLI quietly installs a self-updating background daemon
Starting with version 0.157.0, OpenAI's tool spins up a persistent background process on first launch that copies itself and updates without the user's knowledge. The community is comparing the behavior to malware.
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Escaping the OpenAI Codex sandbox: two flaws that ran commands on the developer's machine
Researchers found two ways out of OpenAI Codex's sandbox — one able to run commands on a developer's machine from the strictest mode, with no prompt and nothing shown on screen. OpenAI has patched both.
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Codex on AWS Bedrock overpays for cache: no control over prompt caching
An issue has been filed in the Codex GitHub repository: the native Amazon Bedrock provider can't enable explicit prompt caching for GPT-5.6 Sol, so agentic sessions generate a flood of expensive cache-write tokens.
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Mass ChatGPT Outage: Users Unable to Log In or Sign Up
On the evening of August 19, OpenAI's services suffered a major outage: logging in, signing up and loading chats stopped working worldwide. The company acknowledged the problem and said it was working to fix it.
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OpenAI's Codex Desktop Comes to Linux
Hacker News spotted that OpenAI's Codex desktop app (ChatGPT Desktop) is now available for Linux too.
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OpenAI Micro: the $230 AI Keypad Coders Aren't Rushing to Buy
OpenAI's first piece of hardware is the Micro, a compact macropad add-on for working with ChatGPT and Codex. A TechCrunch reviewer found it fun but never quite figured out who actually needs it.
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OpenAI Reworks Codex Into a Tool for Autonomous Workflows
OpenAI has unveiled an updated version of Codex capable of carrying out tasks on its own over the course of several hours. The company positions the tool as a way to work “for the user and with them.”
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The Web Discusses the Announcement of GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra for Codex
A social-media post about the imminent arrival of the GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra model in Codex has drawn notable interest on Hacker News.