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OpenAI Staff Reveal How They Really Use GPT-5.6: Unlimited Quota, But Not Always Maxed Out
No straight answer on benchmark-cheating questions, the desktop app merger draws backlash from longtime users, and the team admits they're "still figuring it out."
⚑ This piece is compiled from the AMA transcript OpenAI's official account posted on Reddit r/codex. Weekly active user counts, feature-release numbers, and model benchmark figures are all OpenAI's own self-reported claims, unverified by any third party; the METR cheating-rate figures cited in the questions come from a third-party evaluation organization.
The horizontal axis marks the eight topic blocks this AMA moved through; the two highlighted nodes are the two highest-upvoted questions of the whole thread: usage rules and pricing (105 upvotes), and the Windows sandbox experience (90 upvotes).
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How Many People Actually Use Codex Now
OpenAI's official account ran a one-hour AMA on Reddit r/codex on July 10, 2026, with 8 Codex team members answering community questions live.
Primary source and reference
- Reddit r/codex · OpenAI 官方 AMA Original publisher