The AI assistant will first be made available to subscribers of ChatGPT Pro, a $200 a month subscription, and eventually roll out into the free version of ChatGPT.
OpenAI announced that it is launching a research preview of Operator, an AI agent that can take control of a browser and perform tasks.
It can also ask follow-up questions to further personalize the tasks it completes, such as login information for other websites. Users can take control of the screen at any time.
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The artificial intelligence company first announced the Operator AI agent in November 2024, explaining that the browser-based tool is autonomous and is able to complete tasks on a computer without human assistance. OpenAI added that Operator would be first available as a research preview within the $200 ChatGPT Pro subscription plan.
So-called "computer use agents" are expected to be a major leap in AI that will allow bots to actually complete tasks on your behalf.
OpenAI's latest tool performs tasks autonomously, which it says is the company's latest step toward AGI.
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 computers 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.
The announcement confirms one of two rumors that circled the internet this week. The other was about superintelligence.
OpenAI may be close to releasing an AI tool that can take control of your PC and perform actions on your behalf, if leaks are to be believed.
On Tuesday, Trump said that ChatGPT creator OpenAI, SoftBank , Oracle and others will pour up to $500 billion in private capital into a joint venture called Stargate, which he said will build data centers and create more than 100,