OpenAI adds memory to Codex with launch of Chronicle

OpenAI has launched a new feature for its Codex coding tool, called Chronicle. The AI startup claims that Chronicle will create memories as you work with the platform. The AI can then better understand the prompts and do the work, without needing context every time. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote on X that he believes that this feature makes the process so easy, and compared it to telepathy.

“The internal working name for this was ‘telepathy, and it feels like it,” he wrote on X.

This feature aims to save time and effort for users by enhancing Codex's understanding of their work habits.

Thibault 'Tibo' Sottiaux, the chief of Codex, claimed that while Chronicle consumes a lot of tokens – the unit measurement used for AI – at the moment, it can change the way you use Codex. He wrote, “This is early and consumes quite a bit of tokens, but it has changed how I and many folks at OpenAI use Codex.”

Chronicle is designed to build memories of the work one does on Codex. The AI will create these memories based on the context on the screen. These memories can then be accessed by Codex to do tasks for the user without asking for context every time.

According to OpenAI, users now don’t have to write long prompts just to give context to the AI. The company wrote in a blog post, “No need to carefully craft your context and start from zero. Chronicle lets Codex fill in the gaps in your context.”