# Replit — Replit + Codex - Beta Release

- Company: Replit (replit.com)
- Announced: 2021-09-28
- Category: not stated
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://replit.com/blog/codex
- Record: https://forck.live/items/18138-replit-codex-beta-release
- Subject: Replit Agent

Update: To stay up to date on Replit and AI, check out our Ghostwriter Beta & AI mode announcement. In it we discuss how we infused state-of-the-art intelligence into nearly all IDE features as well as the future of AI on Replit. At Replit, one of our fundamental goals is to make programming easier. When we got a first glimpse at OpenAI's new Codex model , our instinct was to think of how it could help people understand programs better—especially beginners. We've tested ideas before that used OpenAI's more general model, GPT-3, to ask questions about code. Amjad wrote about some of these explorations on our blog last year. So we're very excited to partner with OpenAI to start beta testing Codex-powered features across Replit. Code explanation If you're on our hacker plan, or you use Teams for Education for higher ed, you'll soon see Codex-powered features available to you. The first feature you'll see is called Explain Code. It lets you select any code in JavaScript and Python files and ask Codex to explain it for you. Ever forked a project, or been looking through a library, and been unsure what the code you're looking at actually does ? This is for you. …

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