OpenAI gave me one week to test its new AI agent, Operator, a system that can independently do tasks for you on the internet. Operator is the closest

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has released Operator, an “AI agent” capable of taking over a computer and accomplishing tasks on its own. It’s a major (and had been a much-rumored) step in the rapidly growing tech company’s quest to transform daily life with AI.

On Thursday, OpenAI released a research preview of " Operator ," a web automation tool that uses a new AI model called Computer-Using Agent (CUA) to control a web browser through a visual interface. The system performs tasks by viewing and interacting with on-screen elements like buttons and text fields similar to how a human would.

OpenAI announced that it is launching a research preview of Operator, an AI agent that can take control of a browser and perform tasks.

Users have had the chance to gather early impressions following the January 23 release of OpenAI's Operator. So far, they're a little underwhelming.

The agent will be available first in the US to subscribers of ChatGPT Pro.

OpenAI's recently launched AI agent, Operator, will be available on ChatGPT in the next few months, but initially it may only be accessible by the Plus subscribers.

With OpenAI’s release of Operator, Scott Friend, an investor at Bain Capital Ventures, believes we’ll now see an acceleration in what will ultimately be viewed as the third wave of major digital commerce innovation.

The service, called Deep Research, will be available to certain paying customers through OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot online OpenAI is releasing a new artificial intelligence tool that is designed to carry out time-consuming online research for users about everything from complex science questions to car recommendations - expanding the start-up's portfolio of AI agents that act on a person's behalf.