Instead of relying on specialized APIs, the system uses screenshots for visual input and virtual mouse and keyboard actions to complete tasks.

However, AI agents like Operator also present new safety and security risks, given the potential for AI to make mistakes or be misused by bad actors.

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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OpenAI is releasing a digital assistant that can autonomously complete online searches and purchases for travel and more.

Going forward, OpenAI plans to expand the availability of Operator beyond ChatGPT Pro to the chatbot’s other tiers. The company will also offer the agent through its application programming interface.

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

OpenAI's latest tool turns its chatbot into a virtual assistant that can book flights, order pizza, and handle mundane tasks.

OpenAI is testing an AI agent called Operator, which can do online tasks like filling out forms and making reservations.

OpenAI is releasing a “research preview” of an AI agent called Operator that can “go to the web to perform tasks for you,” ...

The model underpinning Operator is a Computer-Using Agent (CUA) that combines GPT-4o's vision mode to "see" what's on the user's screen through screenshots with graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that ...

OpenAI today announced Operator, its take on an AI agent that can act independently and complete on your behalf using its own browser.