OpenAI is launching its new tool called Operator, which can order groceries, plan vacations, make restaurant reservations and more.
According to OpenAI, Operator is an agent that can perform tasks for you on the web and interact with buttons, menus and text fields people use data. The new tool can also further personalise tasks through follow-up questions and users can take over the screen at any point.
“OpenAI's Operator is a technological breakthrough that makes processes like ordering groceries incredibly easy,” chief officer at Instacar, Daniel Danker said.
The tool can log in using usernames and passwords and users can opt out of their data being used for ChatGPT training by turning off the “improve for model for everyone” setting.
Currently, Operator is only available to ChatGPT Pro users as OpenAI work to refine the new tool.
“By releasing Operator to a limited audience initially, we aim to learn quickly and refine its capabilities based on real-world feedback, ensuring we balance innovation with trust and safety,” the OpenAI blog post said.
The new tool directly competes with an earlier release from Amazon-backed AI startup, Anthropic.
In October Anthropic introduced a “computer use” capability to its Claude chatbot that also allows AI agents tp use computers like humans to complete complex tasks.
With all these rapid innovations, the AI market, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta is predicted to top US$1 trillion (A$ 1.5 trillion) by the end of the decade.
