OpenAI launches Codex app as enterprises weigh autonomous AI coding tools

OpenAI has launched a standalone Codex app to manage multiple AI coding agents across projects, pushing beyond chat-based code generation as enterprises weigh the impact of more autonomous tools on development workflows and governance. The move comes as OpenAI faces intensifying competition from rivals such as Anthropic and GitHub. Last month, Anthropic introduced Cowork, a…

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Snowflake debuts Cortex Code, an AI agent that understands enterprise data context

Snowflake has launched Cortex Code, an AI-based coding agent that aims to extend AI assistance beyond SQL generation and conversational analytics into data and app development tasks. Cortex Code is designed to understand enterprise data context, including schemas, governance rules, compute constraints, and production workflows, Christian Kleinerman, EVP of Product at Snowflake, said during a…

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Building AI agents with the GitHub Copilot SDK

GitHub Copilot is one of the more mature AI assistants in use, having begun life as a way to use AI tools for code completion. Since then, Copilot has added features, becoming a resource for coordinating and orchestrating a wide variety of development-focused agents and services. Part of that development has been making Copilot available…

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Weighing the benefits of AWS Lambda’s durable functions

The pace of innovation in cloud computing continues unabated, with AWS recently unveiling durable functions for AWS Lambda. This move could have significant implications for how enterprises design and orchestrate complex serverless workflows. As someone who has tracked and analyzed cloud evolution for decades, I view Amazon’s new offering as both a testament to the…

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