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OpenAI Launches Sites, Annotations, Six Codex Plugins.

6/2/2026

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OpenAI Launches

OpenAI announced on 2 June 2026 the launch of Sites, Annotations, and six Codex plugins in the United States.
Codex now has 5 million users, with knowledge workers making up 20 percent and growing three times faster than developers.
Chief revenue officer Denise Dresser said the rollout lets companies embed AI and access Codex through Plus ($20/month) or Pro ($100/month) plans, while Sites enables building and sharing websites via URL and Annotations updates parts.

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OpenAI Hires Boehmig

OpenAI hired Jason Boehmig, founder of Ironclad, to lead product for the legal vertical.
OpenAI is creating a Deployment Company with forward-deployed engineers to help enterprises integrate its models at scale.
The move places OpenAI beside Anthropic’s Claude for Legal and Microsoft’s Legal Agent, heightening competition for legal workflow tools.
Legal-tech incumbents warn that big-tech offerings could cannibalize commoditized services such as basic document review.

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Historical Context

IBM launched its Watson AI platform in 2011 and later extended it to business applications, allocating $1 billion to a Watson unit in 2014. By 2026 OpenAI’s Codex legal plugins, Anthropic’s Claude for Legal, and Microsoft’s Legal Agent intensify competition, prompting Ironclad founder Jason Boehmig to lead enterprise legal-tech innovation.

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OpenAI Launches

OpenAI announced on 2 June 2026 the launch of Sites, Annotations, and six Codex plugins in the United States.
Codex now has 5 million users, with knowledge workers making up 20 percent and growing three times faster than developers.
Chief revenue officer Denise Dresser said the rollout lets companies embed AI and access Codex through Plus ($20/month) or Pro ($100/month) plans, while Sites enables building and sharing websites via URL and Annotations updates parts.

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