NewsHive
CONTACT USANALYST PORTAL →
BACKGROUND

You can make a custom pet with the new codex update

BACKGROUND
1 SIGNALFIRST DETECTED 14 July 2026
Narrative synthesis pending — 1 signal collected.
How the story developed
14 Jul
Other feeds and industry voices
24 Jul
Warning: Creating a custom pet uses a lot of Codex/Work quota

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I was customizing my instructions, saw the Pet thing, and thought I'd make a hippo. It opened a new thread, I told it to make a hippo, and

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
10 Jul
Codex to ChatGPT Transition, new Pet?

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1ushed2/codex_to_chatgpt_transition_new_pet/"> <img alt="Codex to ChatGPT Transition, new Pet?"

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
10 Jul
I love this new /pet feature, first thing I created was a custom Gengar pet

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p><a href="https://reddit.com/link/1ut3d5h/video/b4lbbflcihch1/player">https://reddit.com/link/1ut3d5h/video/b4lbbflcihch1/player</a></p> <p>I now

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
4 Oct
LLM Benchmark "CatBench" updated with new examples

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1wxkppd/llm_benchmark_catbench_updated_with_new_examples/"> <img alt="LLM Benchmark &quot;CatBench&quot;

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
14 Jul
Made myself a custom Codex pet today (you'll never guess what it was), and had some fun reverse-engineering how the feature works - it generates animated sprite sheets using gpt-image-2 simonwillison.

Made myself a custom Codex pet today (you'll never guess what it was), and had some fun reverse-engineering how the feature works - it generates animated sprite sheets using

OPINION · WHEN · Simon WillisonOPEN STORY
Sources
singularity

NewsHive monitors these sources continuously. All signal titles above link to the original reporting.

Intelligence by NewsHive. Need help navigating what this means for your business? Contact GeekyBee →