OpenAI has quietly expanded Codex’s capabilities by adding a plugins system — a move that makes the coding assistant feel less like a standalone tool and more like a configurable platform. On the surface, these plugins are collections that can include workflow “skills,” integrations with external applications, and connections to MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers. For users, the most immediate
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OpenAI Pulls the Plug on Sora: Why the Video Platform Failed and What Comes Next
OpenAI’s Sora arrived with a burst of excitement: a consumer-facing video generator that turned text prompts into short, striking clips. For a moment, it felt like a clear signal that generative video had arrived. Yet, less than a year after its high-profile debut, OpenAI has decided to wind Sora down—removing the Sora app, shutting the Sora API, and stripping video
Aura Exposed: When 900,000 Marketing Contacts Turned Into a Security Crisis
Aura, the consumer digital safety company known for identity protection and fraud monitoring, recently confirmed a data breach that exposed nearly 900,000 marketing contacts. What seems like a single shocking number actually reveals deeper problems: legacy data inherited through acquisitions, the continued effectiveness of social-engineering attacks, and the tricky line between marketing lists and active customer records. This incident is
Two Words, One Deal: How “Stateful” vs “Stateless” Could Decide a $50 Billion Cloud Dispute
Last week’s reporting brought into sharp relief a narrowly technical — but potentially enormous — dispute between Microsoft, Amazon and OpenAI over a reported $50 billion commercial arrangement. At the center of the controversy are two terms engineers use every day: “stateful” and “stateless.” Depending on how those words are interpreted, Microsoft may have grounds to claim a breach of
OpenAI’s New North Star: Report Says Business and Productivity Take Center Stage
Last week, details from an internal all‑hands meeting at OpenAI were reported by the Wall Street Journal and subsequently picked up by other outlets. According to the reporting, company leaders signaled a strategic shift toward prioritizing business and productivity use cases, with executives urging teams to focus on core, revenue‑driving efforts rather than exploratory side projects. What was reported at
Introducing the Azure Skills Plugin: Practical Azure Workflows for Coding Agents
The Azure Skills Plugin brings curated Azure expertise and an execution layer together so coding agents can do more than offer generic guidance. Rather than just suggesting commands or linking to documentation, the plugin packages decision logic (skills) and structured tools (MCP servers) so agents can reason about workflows and, when appropriate, run actions against real Azure resources. What the