In a significant move towards redefining task automation, OpenAI has unveiled Operator, an autonomous AI agent designed to perform tasks within a web browser.

OpenAI added to its ChatGPT a feature to automate tasks such as planning vacations, filling out forms, making restaurant reservations and ordering groceries. TakeAway Points: Operator, dubbed “an agent that can go to the web to accomplish tasks for you,

OpenAI’s Operator AI agent can book tickets and order groceries, making it a valuable tool for digital workflows. OpenAI has implemented multiple safeguards to ensure the safe use of Operator: Operator seeks user input for sensitive actions and allows manual takeover when needed.

OpenAI introduces a new ’deep research’ mode for ChatGPT, enabling users to conduct complex multi-step research online. This AI agent analyzes vast data to generate comprehensive reports, though it may struggle with accuracy and reliability of information.

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 thing I’ve seen to the tech industry’s vision of AI agents — systems that can automate the boring parts of life,

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.