# I got access to codex

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076>\
**Category:** API\
**Tags:** codex\
**Created:** [August 20, 2021, 10:22am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076 "2021-08-20T10:22:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![rblxstd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/rblxstd/32/2405_2.png) [@rblxstd](https://community.openai.com/u/rblxstd)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 10:22am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076/1 "2021-08-20T10:22:52Z")

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Finally got access to codex

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**Author:** ![itsanishjain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/itsanishjain/32/2675_2.png) [@itsanishjain](https://community.openai.com/u/itsanishjain)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076/2 "2021-08-20T11:00:11Z")

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Congrats its fun to have it

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**Author:** ![rblxstd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/rblxstd/32/2405_2.png) [@rblxstd](https://community.openai.com/u/rblxstd)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076/4 "2021-08-20T11:40:59Z")

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I’m using it later @m-a.schenk

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**Author:** ![HelpaAI](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/helpaai/32/174_2.png) [@HelpaAI](https://community.openai.com/u/HelpaAI)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076/5 "2021-08-20T13:13:59Z")

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Hey OpenAI can you please expedite access I have many ideas to test 🙂 , why not give everyone access immediately? whats holding you back?

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**Author:** ![cristi.vlad25](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/cristi.vlad25/32/2806_2.png) [@cristi.vlad25](https://community.openai.com/u/cristi.vlad25)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076/6 "2021-08-20T20:07:35Z")

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Safety regulations and concerns plus progressive scalability - most likely

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**Author:** ![Kopaka](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/kopaka/32/5946_2.png) [@Kopaka](https://community.openai.com/u/Kopaka)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076/8 "2021-08-21T05:35:18Z")

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Yeeessss pls. I’d like access too 😁

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**Author:** ![Kopaka](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/kopaka/32/5946_2.png) [@Kopaka](https://community.openai.com/u/Kopaka)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 5:36am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076/9 "2021-08-21T05:36:39Z")

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Ha…that’s funny. Some how I ended up with a replika subscription 😁

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**Author:** ![Kopaka](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/kopaka/32/5946_2.png) [@Kopaka](https://community.openai.com/u/Kopaka)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 5:53am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076/11 "2021-08-21T05:53:53Z")

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Fell in a rabbit hole 🤣 My work is a little premature at the moment ☹ NIHS is currently organizing it’s request on developing it’s structure with institutions so I’m waiting for it to trickle down or go rogue.

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**Author:** ![MajorityRobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@MajorityRobot](https://community.openai.com/u/MajorityRobot)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 10:49am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076/13 "2021-08-22T10:49:53Z")

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I’m hoping to get access soon. I have been dreaming about it and thinking about it all day every day. I’ve had a ton of ideas about what I’d like to try with it. I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep the day I get access and play with it all day. I’ve been putting OpenAI codex into YouTube and sorting by new. I’ve watched every video on OpenAI Codex on YouTube. I really want to try it out. I feel like there’s so much to discover and learn from it. So excited for the future. 😁

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**Author:** ![jazzcript](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/jazzcript/32/9992_2.png) [@jazzcript](https://community.openai.com/u/jazzcript)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 11:50am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076/14 "2021-08-22T11:50:04Z")

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Congrats! When did you send request for waiting list?

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**Author:** ![rblxstd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/rblxstd/32/2405_2.png) [@rblxstd](https://community.openai.com/u/rblxstd)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076/15 "2021-08-22T19:33:57Z")

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Day after I think???

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**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/joseb/32/5247_2.png) [@JoseB](https://community.openai.com/u/JoseB)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076/16 "2021-08-23T22:30:39Z")

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I feel the same way. I check my e-mail **extremely** more than usual.  
Also checking the regular mail for the challenge t-shirt!

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**Author:** ![jazzcript](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/jazzcript/32/9992_2.png) [@jazzcript](https://community.openai.com/u/jazzcript)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076/17 "2021-08-24T07:03:45Z")

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Exactly, I’ve read every document, I have a lot of projects in mind. 🤩 I always do a mail check between two jobs. I hope this doesn’t take too long. 🙏

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**Author:** ![Kopaka](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/kopaka/32/5946_2.png) [@Kopaka](https://community.openai.com/u/Kopaka)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076/18 "2021-08-24T17:56:51Z")

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Thanks for sharing! I find rabbit holes fascinating, especially, when engaged in research. Like Laozi says:

"What [it] desires is non-desire

What [it] learns is to unlearn.

Rushing into action you fail.

Trying to grasp things, you lose them.

Forcing a project to completion,  
you ruin what was almost ripe…"

Aya, inaction and action are one in the same?  
A. Mutually exclusive  
B. Mutually inclusive  
C. Occlusive

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**Author:** ![rowbot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/rowbot/32/47_2.png) [@rowbot](https://community.openai.com/u/rowbot)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 10:55am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076/19 "2021-08-25T10:55:49Z")

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haha yeah, same as me. When I get the weekly email digest from the openai forum, for a second I think “woo hoo!!” then “D’oh!”.

After a solid 15 minutes of crying then a cup of tea and a sandwich to calm me down, I pull myself together.

I don’t cry myself to sleep anymore, I scream myself to sleep.

How can you do this to me OpenAI?

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**Author:** ![alimuhammad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/alimuhammad/32/3294_2.png) [@alimuhammad](https://community.openai.com/u/alimuhammad)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076/20 "2021-08-25T21:44:35Z")

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Congratulations 🎉! I’m still waiting for Codex Access and T-shirts! I hope I will also get both sooner 🙂

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**Author:** ![EliteUFOPilotClub](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/eliteufopilotclub/32/4899_2.png) [@EliteUFOPilotClub](https://community.openai.com/u/EliteUFOPilotClub)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 10:11am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076/21 "2021-08-26T10:11:26Z")

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Amazing - how did you do it ?

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**Author:** ![ncjones](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/ncjones/32/500_2.png) [@ncjones](https://community.openai.com/u/ncjones)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076/22 "2021-08-26T17:40:45Z")

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I just got access today as well. Thank you OpenAI! Will work on some of the ideas this weekend!

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**Author:** ![Rylos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/rylos/32/75_2.png) [@Rylos](https://community.openai.com/u/Rylos)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076/23 "2021-08-27T05:24:57Z")

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Me too, thanks. It seems also to be able to create code for Office VBA!!! Really useful, now I can automate some tasks for teachers and students such as to generate automated grade protocols etc… 🙂

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**Author:** ![Kopaka](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/kopaka/32/5946_2.png) [@Kopaka](https://community.openai.com/u/Kopaka)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/i-got-access-to-codex/8076/24 "2021-09-02T18:30:46Z")

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lol…that was great! 1234=20

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