The new tool, called Operator, can shop for groceries or book a restaurant reservation. But it still needs help from humans.

Generative artificial intelligence heavyweight OpenAI on Thursday previewed an AI agent that can carry out tasks on the web for users, as it seeks to enhance its chatbot amid intensifying competition.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altmanannounced todaythat the free tier of ChatGPT will now utilize the o3-mini model, while paid users will get "tons more." Here's what that entails.

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.

The secondhand marketplace says consumers are already reaping the benefits of the AI-enabled customer service tool.

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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According to findings in the Mac app and online, OpenAI might be close to releasing Operator, its first AI agent for ChatGPT.

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