To carry out tasks on the web, Operator uses a new model called Computer-Using Agent (CUA), which combines GPT-4o's vision skills with more advanced reasoning. That combination lets it interact with the menus, controls, and text fields on a web page without the need for a custom API.

OpenAI introduces Tasks in ChatGPT, enabling reminders, recurring actions, and AI suggestions, paving the way for advanced AI agents.

OpenAI has released a preview of its first AI agent, dubbed Operator, that can automate “repetitive browser tasks such as filling out forms, ordering groceries, and even creating memes." At launch, Operator is available to those with a $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro subscription in the US,

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OpenAI has launched Operator, a largely autonomous AI agent designed to take your simple text prompts and turn them into real-world tasks completed via the internet. In theory, you can ask it to do almost anything that's possible via a web browser.

OpenAI released a "research preview" of its first agent Thursday — Operator, a tool that can do web tasks for you. Why it matters: With 2025 shaping up to be the year of the AI agent, AI firms are racing to free AI from the chat box and set it loose in the world.