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title: "I’ve heard about “Codex” for the first time 5 years ago. Back then it was called code-davinci"
date: 2026-04-17
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I’ve heard about “Codex” for the first time 5 years ago. Back then it was called code-davinci

So happy to see this idea flourish, since those first days with @woj_zaremba, @gdb, @ilyasut 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGUCcjHTmGY

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