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Simon Willison accidentally activated a pet in Codex Desktop and then created his own custom pet called Pedalican, a pelican on a bicycle. The process used GPT-5.6 Sol xhigh and gpt-image-2 to generate sprite assets. Willison documented the entire process, including generated images, sprite sheets, and GIFs, and shared the open-source skills on GitHub.
OpenAI now allows users to control its Codex desktop AI tool directly from the ChatGPT app on iOS and Android devices. This preview feature enables phone-based management of tasks on the computer, including reviewing outputs and approving commands. It rolls out to all ChatGPT plans, amid OpenAI's efforts to compete with rivals like Anthropic's Claude Code.