OpenAI rolled out a desktop Codex App designed to broaden access to its coding models beyond specialist engineers. The app centralizes agent workflows, lets users run multiple agents across projects, and automates repetitive coding tasks—aiming to make AI‑assisted development more approachable for non‑developers and product teams. OpenAI said over a million developers have used Codex in the past month and cited internal examples where small teams shipped apps rapidly using the tool. The move mirrors competitors’ pushes—Anthropic recently released developer tooling—escalating the platform fight over who controls developer workflows. For universities, the Codex App raises two operational issues: faculty must update curriculum to reflect new developer tooling, and campus IT must reassess license, security and research‑computing policies as students and labs adopt agent‑driven coding environments.