OpenAI teams with Work Louder to launch Codex-native keyboard, weeks after CEO of Apps told staff 'not to be distracted by side quests’
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A Codex-native keyboard partnership, right after internal guidance to avoid "side quests," shows how quickly hardware and peripheral ecosystems are forming around AI tools. For operators, the question is whether to embrace these specialized interfaces or standardize on more generic input to avoid fragmentation.
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