People familiar with OpenAI’s work on AI agents said the company has been developing several agents. The one nearest to completion will be a “general-purpose” one that can browse the web for you.
The closest thing to a confirmation that OpenAI will release AI agents for ChatGPT soon came from Sam Altman a few days ago during a Reddit Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) chat with users. “We will have better and better models,” Altman said. “But I think the thing that will feel like the next giant breakthrough will be agents.”
Altman never mentioned the Operator codename. He didn’t offer launch details for the ChatGPT AI agents either.
Anthropic has already demoed a similar AI agent concept for Claude, which can use the computer in real-time to browse the web and code. Microsoft has similar AI agents in place that can send emails and manage user records. Google’s Jarvis will also get internet-browsing powers.