April 21, 2026

OpenAI New Codex For Mac Sends Screenshots To Its Servers

OpenAI has quietly rolled out “Chronicle,” a new feature in its Codex Mac app that periodically snaps screenshots of your screen and ships them to OpenAI’s servers for processing. This is the ambient-AI future being sold as productivity: continuous surveillance of your digital life, rebranded as convenience, available for a mere $100 a month. OpenAI promises it won’t train on the data. Do you trust them?