Disney reportedly planning to swap GitHub Copilot for OpenAI’s Codex in AI coding shake-up

Disney is reportedly planning to ditch Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot in favor of OpenAI’s Codex for its internal software development workflows. If true, the move would represent one of the most high-profile enterprise defections in the increasingly crowded AI coding assistant market, and it lands at a particularly awkward moment in the Microsoft-OpenAI relationship. Here’s the thing: OpenAI’s Codex was the very model that powered GitHub Copilot when it launched to the public in 2022. So Disney switching from Copilot to Codex is a bit like leaving a restaurant to eat the same chef’s food at a different venue. Neither Disney, Microsoft, GitHub, nor OpenAI has publicly confirmed the transition. There are no disclosed contract values, deployment timelines, or executive quotes attached to the claim. OpenAI first released Codex in August 2021. That original model served as the backbone for GitHub Copilot, which Microsoft then commercialized through its GitHub subsidiary. Disclosure: This article was edited by Editorial Team. For more information on how we create and review content, see our Editorial Policy.