OpenAI Teases July 15 Codex Device With Work Louder, Upgrading Shortcut Controls
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Updated · The Verge · Jun 29
OpenAI Teases July 15 Codex Device With Work Louder, Upgrading Shortcut Controls
3 articles · Updated · The Verge · Jun 29
Summary
July 15 is the launch date OpenAI flashed in a teaser video for a new Codex-related device, showing a square controller with several buttons and the line that users’ favorite shortcuts are “getting an upgrade.”
Work Louder is the hardware partner, pointing to a macro-pad style accessory rather than a standalone AI gadget; the company sells programmable keyboards and control pads with remappable keys, dials and switches.
The silhouette resembles Work Louder’s Creator Micro 2, a 13-switch pad with a joystick and touch sensor used to trigger app-specific shortcuts and custom actions.
OpenAI and Work Louder have not disclosed specs or pricing, but the teaser makes clear this is separate from the still-mysterious AI device OpenAI is developing with former Apple designer Jony Ive.