OpenAI launches new macOS app for agentic coding

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• OpenAI launches new macOS app for agentic coding

• Firefox will soon let you block all of its generative AI features

• Linq Bets Big on Messaging-Native AI With $20M Series A

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OpenAI launches new macOS app for agentic coding

🚀 TodayOnAI Insight OpenAI has launched a new macOS app for Codex, bringing agentic software development—parallel agents, background automations, and flexible workflows—into a polished desktop experience as it races to keep pace with Claude and Gemini.

🔍 Key Takeaways

• Agentic workflows, now native: The Codex macOS app supports multiple agents working in parallel, mirroring modern AI-driven development practices.

• Built for speed and scale: Background automations can run on schedules, queue results, and surface work when developers return.

• Powered by GPT-5.2-Codex: OpenAI’s strongest coding model anchors the experience, despite mixed results across benchmarks like TerminalBench and SWE-bench.

• Customization matters: Developers can choose agent “personalities,” tailoring collaboration from pragmatic to empathetic.

• Competitive catch-up: The launch positions Codex as a direct response to tools like Claude Code and Cowork.

💡 Why This Stands Out This release signals that interface design—not just model strength—is becoming the real battleground in AI coding. Benchmarks may show near parity, but developer experience is emerging as the decisive edge. As AI agents compress weeks of work into hours, the question shifts from can models code to how fluidly humans can collaborate with them.

Firefox

Firefox will soon let you block all of its generative AI features

🚀 TodayOnAI Insight: Mozilla is giving Firefox users a clear opt-out from AI. Starting later this month, the browser will include controls that let people block all generative AI features—or selectively enable only the ones they want—reinforcing Mozilla’s long-standing emphasis on user choice and transparency.

🔍 Key Takeaways:

• Firefox 148, rolling out February 24, introduces a new “AI controls” section in desktop settings.

• Users can toggle “Block AI enhancements” to disable all current and future AI features, including prompts and reminders.

• Individual AI tools can also be managed separately, such as translations, AI tab grouping, PDF alt text, link previews, and the sidebar chatbot.

• The chatbot supports third-party services like ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, and Le Chat Mistral.

• The move aligns with new CEO Anthony Enzor-DeMeo’s stance that AI should always be optional and clearly explained.

💡 Why This Stands Out: As rivals race to bake AI deeper into browsers, Mozilla is carving out a differentiated position: AI by consent, not default. This approach signals a broader pushback against “AI everywhere” design and reflects growing user demand for control and transparency. In an era of AI-first products, could choice itself become Firefox’s most strategic feature?

Linq

Linq Bets Big on Messaging-Native AI With $20M Series A

🚀 TodayOnAI Insight: Linq has pivoted from digital business cards to becoming a messaging infrastructure layer for AI agents, letting companies and chatbots communicate natively inside iMessage, RCS, and SMS. Backed by a new $20M Series A, the startup is betting that conversational AI doesn’t need apps—just the messaging interfaces people already use.

🔍 Key Takeaways:

• Linq launched an API enabling native iMessage communication, including blue-bubble chats with emojis, images, group threads, and voice notes.

• Demand surged after AI assistant Poke went viral, driving AI startups to use Linq to deploy agents directly via messaging apps.

• The pivot paid off: customer base grew 132% quarter-over-quarter, with 295% net revenue retention and zero churn.

• Linq now supports 134,000 monthly active users and processes over 30 million messages per month.

• The $20M Series A, led by TQ Ventures, will fund team expansion, go-to-market efforts, and broader conversational tooling.

💡 Why This Stands Out: Linq’s shift reflects a larger trend: AI interfaces are collapsing into everyday communication channels. As app fatigue grows, messaging-native AI could redefine how consumers interact with software. The big question—can Linq scale beyond Apple’s ecosystem before platform gatekeepers change the rules?

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