Riley Brown reports Codex analyzing three years of personal text messages by incorporating direct quotes, producing an emotionally significant result for Mac users granting data access

The example was shared via a quote tweet from Greg Brockman and a repost from Adam Goldberg.

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OPGB#19Greg Brockman|@GDB

codex for deeply personal insights

6:33 PM · May 17, 2026 View on X

QUOTE POSTGB#19Greg Brockman|@GDB

codex for deeply personal insights

RBRiley Brown@rileybrown

wow i just had codex analyze 3 years worth of text messages... i had it use direct quotes in its analysis and it brought me to tears. if you have mac you can just ask codex to do this. you will need to give it permissions

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