An OpenAI-backed study found that in June, 98% of OpenAI employees were using Codex, but just 17% of organizational subscribers and less than 1% of individual subscribers were using the agentic coding tool. That difference between near total adoption inside the company and negligible adoption outside it is the challenge and opportunity for the company.
AI Buzzwords EP.100故事线B把这条数据当作"harness决定Agent能不能被普通人用起来"这个判断迄今最有力的一手商业证据——内部98%说明模型能力本身没问题，外部17%/1%的巨大落差说明卡住普通用户的是产品/harness没做到位，不是模型不够聪明。同一篇报道里还有一个容易被忽略的细节：OpenAI的非工程团队一开始用Codex时，工具还在"敌视"他们——反复追问代码相关问题、提示"你这里有个空diff"，直到公司在2月到现在这段时间里把它做得更通用。这说明"让Agent普及"本身也是一个需要持续打磨的产品工程问题，不是模型发布后自动会发生的事。