[AINews] OpenAI reports median internal Codex output tokens grew 56x in Research, 32x in Customer Support, 27x in Engineering, and 13x in Legal since November 2025.

Short summary

OpenAI's internal metrics show 56x growth in code generation token usage across research, with 32x, 27x, and 13x increases in customer support, engineering, and legal since November 2025. The data signals rapid acceleration in code-assisted work adoption internally. Context and strategic implications remain unexplained.

• •Research division saw 56x growth in code generation tokens since November 2025
• •Customer support, engineering, and legal divisions saw 32x, 27x, and 13x growth respectively
• •Data suggests OpenAI is scaling code generation across multiple departments

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