OpenAI Engineering https://openai.com/news/engineering/ Engineering posts from the official OpenAI news feed http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-feedgen en Sun, 23 Aug 2026 01:30:12 +0000 How we built a realtime system for responsive voice AI in six months https://openai.com/index/continuous-voice-interaction-with-gpt-live GPT-Live enables continuous voice interaction with AI, using a turnless speech model and low-latency architecture for faster, more natural conversations. Engineering Mon, 03 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0000 How GPT-5.6 fuses frontier intelligence with frontier efficiency https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-6-frontier-intelligence-efficiency GPT-5.6 improves AI efficiency across models, inference, and agentic workflows, helping deliver more useful intelligence per dollar. Engineering Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Core dump epidemiology: fixing an 18-year-old bug https://openai.com/index/core-dump-epidemiology-data-infrastructure-bug OpenAI engineers used large-scale core dump analysis to debug rare infrastructure crashes, uncovering both a hardware fault and a long-standing software bug. Engineering Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Building self-improving tax agents with Codex https://openai.com/index/building-self-improving-tax-agents-with-codex See how OpenAI, Thrive, and Crete built a self-improving tax agent with Codex, automating filings, improving accuracy, and accelerating workflows. Engineering Wed, 27 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Building a safe, effective sandbox to enable Codex on Windows https://openai.com/index/building-codex-windows-sandbox Learn how OpenAI built a safe, effective sandbox to enable Codex on Windows with controlled file access and network limits. Engineering Wed, 13 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Unlocking large scale AI training networks with MRC (Multipath Reliable Connection) https://openai.com/index/mrc-supercomputer-networking OpenAI introduces MRC (Multipath Reliable Connection), a new supercomputer networking protocol released via OCP to improve resilience and performance in large-scale AI training clusters. Engineering Tue, 05 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 How OpenAI delivers low-latency voice AI at scale https://openai.com/index/delivering-low-latency-voice-ai-at-scale How OpenAI rebuilt its WebRTC stack to power real-time Voice AI with low latency, global scale, and seamless conversational turn-taking. Engineering Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 An open-source spec for orchestration: Symphony https://openai.com/index/open-source-codex-orchestration-symphony Learn how Symphony, an open-source spec for Codex orchestration, turns issue trackers into always-on agent systems—boosting engineering output and reducing context switching. Engineering Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Speeding up agentic workflows with WebSockets in the Responses API https://openai.com/index/speeding-up-agentic-workflows-with-websockets A deep dive into the Codex agent loop, showing how WebSockets and connection-scoped caching reduced API overhead and improved model latency. Engineering Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 From model to agent: Equipping the Responses API with a computer environment https://openai.com/index/equip-responses-api-computer-environment How OpenAI built an agent runtime using the Responses API, shell tool, and hosted containers to run secure, scalable agents with files, tools, and state. Engineering Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Beyond rate limits: scaling access to Codex and Sora https://openai.com/index/beyond-rate-limits How OpenAI built a real-time access system combining rate limits, usage tracking, and credits to power continuous access to Sora and Codex. Engineering Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Harness engineering: leveraging Codex in an agent-first world https://openai.com/index/harness-engineering By Ryan Lopopolo, Member of the Technical Staff Engineering Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Unlocking the Codex harness: how we built the App Server https://openai.com/index/unlocking-the-codex-harness Learn how to embed the Codex agent using the Codex App Server, a bidirectional JSON-RPC API powering streaming progress, tool use, approvals, and diffs. Engineering Wed, 04 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Inside OpenAI’s in-house data agent https://openai.com/index/inside-our-in-house-data-agent How OpenAI built an in-house AI data agent that uses GPT-5, Codex, and memory to reason over massive datasets and deliver reliable insights in minutes. Engineering Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Unrolling the Codex agent loop https://openai.com/index/unrolling-the-codex-agent-loop A technical deep dive into the Codex agent loop, explaining how Codex CLI orchestrates models, tools, prompts, and performance using the Responses API. Engineering Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Scaling PostgreSQL to power 800 million ChatGPT users https://openai.com/index/scaling-postgresql An inside look at how OpenAI scaled PostgreSQL to millions of queries per second using replicas, caching, rate limiting, and workload isolation. Engineering Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 How We Used Codex to Ship Sora for Android in 28 Days https://openai.com/index/shipping-sora-for-android-with-codex OpenAI shipped Sora for Android in 28 days using Codex. AI-assisted planning, translation, and parallel coding workflows helped a nimble team deliver rapid, reliable development. Engineering Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 How we built OWL, the new architecture behind our ChatGPT-based browser, Atlas https://openai.com/index/building-chatgpt-atlas A deep dive into OWL, the new architecture powering ChatGPT Atlas—decoupling Chromium, enabling fast startup, rich UI, and agentic browsing with ChatGPT. Engineering Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000