GPT 5.3 Codex just changed how software development works.
If you’re still copying and pasting code from ChatGPT the old way, you’re missing one of the biggest shifts in AI right now. OpenAI’s GPT 5.3 Codex isn’t just a code writer — it’s an agentic coding model that builds, tests, debugs, and executes entire projects from start to finish. That means you can hand it a goal and it works autonomously, checks in with results, and you can redirect its flow at any time without losing context. 
This new version is 25% faster than GPT 5.2 Codex and achieves new highs on real-world benchmarks like SWE-Bench Pro and Terminal-Bench 2.0, which measure real development and terminal command execution skills. Instead of just suggesting snippets, it operates across environments and can run complex tasks end-to-end. 
What makes GPT 5.3 Codex especially wild is that early versions of the model were actually used to help build later versions of itself — debugging its own training, managing deployment, and diagnosing evaluation results. That’s a rare step forward in how AI tools evolve. 
This model isn’t just for code either. It can handle broader professional tasks like building documents, generating tests, fixing bugs, writing deployment scripts, and more. It runs across the Codex app, CLI, IDE extensions, and web interfaces, and API access is rolling out in phases so you can integrate it into your workflows soon. 
One standout feature is midterm steering — while Codex is actively working on a task, you can send it instructions and redirect it without breaking its workflow. That makes iterative work feel like pair programming with an AI. 
Here are five ways you can start using GPT 5.3 Codex today: build full web apps from plain descriptions, automate repetitive scripting tasks, prototype ideas rapidly, debug and refactor legacy code, and generate and run tests automatically so you spend less time checking and more time building.
GPT 5.3 Codex is available now through paid ChatGPT plans, the Codex app, the CLI, IDE extensions like VS Code and Cursor, and on the web. Select GPT 5.3 Codex from the model menu to get started. API access is gradually rolling out as safety gating continues.
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