OpenAI reports: Codex active users grew 5x in the first half of 2026. this is from OpenAI's paper released today, based on the data from Codex. main takeaways: > non-dev Codex usage is exploding. Since Aug 2025, it’s up ~189x in orgs and ~137x for individuals > inside OpenAI, Codex is now 99.8% of their output tokens and ChatGPT only 0.2% > individual users are still mostly in ChatGPT: Codex is only 16.5% of their output tokens > organizations are using Codex like no one else. Codex went from…