OpenAI has been aggressively pushing to evolve in AI technology and keep exploring new potential. While the company is focused on bringing new updates and stepping into varied domains, it started this year with an announcement that AI agents would be the next big thing in 2025 and will help automate user tasks. While the idea of AI handling your tasks on your behalf seemed quite fascinating, the company has accelerated the project by launching Operator in a research preview.
OpenAI launches Operator, an AI agent that will help perform tasks autonomously on your behalf
OpenAI has shared its ambitious approach to redefining AI technology and is working towards achieving artificial general intelligence. It has even shared the company's progress towards this and its confidence in the direction. It hinted that AI agents would become the next big thing and started the year with an announcement about the Operator, an AI agent that is underway and meant to handle browser-based user tasks.
Now, the company has officially entered the AI agent revolution by launching its advanced AI agent, Operator. This agent acts like an automated personal assistant and can execute tasks such as booking flights, handling customer service, managing workflows, and other hands-on tasks in real-time. OpenAI shared about the development through a press release on its website. According to the press release, the Operator is currently available as a research preview for Pro users in the U.S.
OpenAI has used the Computer-using-agent (CUA) model to automate tasks, which is a smart move given that some tasks are generally repetitive and can be time-consuming. With AI stepping in, it can handle them from the browser directly. The AI assistant is said to be intuitive as it combines GPT-4o's vision capabilities with logical human-like reasoning so that the AI agent seems natural and can handle real-world tasks.
The operator was initially launched as a research preview to fine-tune the model before it is fully rolled out. OpenAI plans to integrate it into ChatGPT, which could bring advanced functionality to a broader audience and serve as a game-changer for the super AI agent. OpenAI has also hinted at a collaboration with Instacart to handle grocery shopping for users as the company plans to use Operator across multiple sectors and extend its access.
OpenAI ensures users' safe interactions by highlighting how it has placed the necessary safeguards for the Operator to protect user data and ensure the safe handling of information. While the AI agent is still in the works, the company commits to refining it further. OpenAI Pro users in the U.S. can test out the new functionality by going to operator.chatgpt.com, giving the Operator a task, and watching it handle it for you.
Follow Wccftech on Google to get more of our news coverage in your feeds.
