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Codex autonomously spent about 22 hours performing multiple security audits…

2026-05-10 · 20:01 UTC ·@sama ·1 min read

Brief

Chris (@chatgpt21) says OpenAI's Codex autonomously found and executed an open-source security/audit bounty over ~22 hours, submitting a PR, handling maintainer interactions and verification, and preserving his payment privacy. The run produced a first payout of $16.88 (received by the author), which he views as a proof-of-concept for AI that can independently earn income.

Why it matters

Codex autonomously spent about 22 hours performing multiple security audits, found an open-source security/audit bounty, created and submitted a legitimate PR, followed up with the maintainer, handled the GitHub proof/verification loop, and kept the author's payment details private.

Key details

  • The experiment produced a first payment of $16.88 (received by the author), which Chris (@chatgpt21) converts to a $506.40/month run-rate if the result is repeated daily.
  • Chris (@chatgpt21) calls this a "huge turning point" and frames the result as early evidence of Sam Altman's vision: AI that goes out and makes money for you without explicit, continual human intervention.
Source evidence

interesting

Chris (@chatgpt21)

Codex made me money without me doing anything..

Huge turning point for me today, I asked Codex to go off and make me $5. It went out, found a small open-source security/audit bounty path, made a legit PR, followed up with the maintainer, kept my payment details private - (without me asking), handled the GitHub proof/verification loop, and got the work merged.

it spent about 22 hours working on multiple security audits.

Today I received my first payment from that experiment: $16.88.

That’s a $506.40/month run-rate if repeated daily.

Not life-changing money yet, but it's deeply exciting to live out Sam Altman's vision for AI, where it will just go out and make money for you. It's awesome to start to see the beginning of that.

— https://nitter.net/chatgpt21/status/2053556436475461786#m