OpenAI Ships a $230 Mini Keyboard for Bossing Around AI Agents

OpenAI’s first hardware to actually ship isn’t the mystery speaker — it’s the Codex Micro, a $230 square keypad for driving its Codex coding agent. It packs light-up “Agent Keys” that show agent status, customizable Command Keys for Codex shortcuts, a joystick for launching workflows, and — the detail everyone’s sharing — a physical dial that turns the agent’s “reasoning” level up or down. It works through the ChatGPT desktop app and is a limited-run novelty, not a mass product. Releasing it mid-lawsuit, a day after the speaker leak, made it the most-discussed gadget of the week.