Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

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GPT-5.3-Codex helped debug and deploy parts of itself. Codex can be steered mid-task without losing context. "Underspecified" prompts now produce richer, more usable results. OpenAI today announced ...