OpenAI is getting ready to introduce a new AI agent codenamed “Operator” that can use a computer to perform tasks on a person’s behalf, like writing code or making travel arrangements.
“Operator,” a sophisticated artificial intelligence agent built to handle complicated jobs like writing programming and making trip reservations for customers, is purportedly on the verge of being unveiled by OpenAI.
Speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters, one of the persons said that OpenAI’s leadership announced intentions to deploy the tool in January as a research preview and through the company’s application programming interface for developers during a staff meeting on Wednesday. Though OpenAI did not respond when asked.
Also a source from Bloomberg reports that the corporation plans to make the tool available to developers through an application programming interface (API) as a research preview in January.
This development coincides with the IT industry’s growing tendency toward agent-based AI systems, which enable software to perform multi-step tasks with little to no human oversight.
The next release is a part of a larger industry push for agents, or artificial intelligence (AI) software that can do multi-step activities for users with little oversight. Anthropic introduced a comparable agent that can operate on behalf of the user and process their computer activity in real time. Microsoft Corp., a supporter of OpenAI, also just released a suite of agent tools for employees to manage records and send emails. Additionally, The Information claims that Google, a division of Alphabet Inc., is getting ready to launch an AI agent.
Three persons said OpenAI has been engaged in a number of agent-related research initiatives. According to one individual, the closest thing to completion will be a general-purpose gadget that uses a web browser to carry out tasks.
At a question and answer session on Reddit last month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman alluded to the move to agents in response to a query. “We will have better and better models,” Altman reported. “But I think the thing that will feel like the next giant breakthrough will be agents.”
Additionally, OpenAI and its rivals have experienced dwindling returns from their expensive endeavours to create increasingly sophisticated AI models, which is why they have decided to produce an agentic AI tool.
The action taken by OpenAI is in line with a larger trend among large tech companies to include agentic AI into their products. Similar features, such as an AI agent that can behave in real time based on events on a user’s computer, have previously been introduced by rivals like Anthropic.
Microsoft, a significant investor in OpenAI, recently released a suite of agent capabilities that can send emails and manage data, and it is claimed that Alphabet’s Google is getting ready to introduce its own AI agent.
As OpenAI and its competitors face increasing obstacles in developing AI models, “Operator” was developed. The drive toward agentic AI offers a fresh opportunity for innovation in light of rising research expenses and worries about declining returns.
Without the need for ongoing, expensive model updates, this approach enables businesses to use current AI technology in creative ways that could generate value through productivity-boosting applications.
This feature establishes OpenAI as a major player in the search market, taking on market titans like Google and Microsoft’s Bing as well as upstart platforms like Perplexity, which are supported by Nvidia and Jeff Bezos.
OpenAI is considering moving from its non-profit foundation to a for-profit model in a significant business change. The corporation, valued at $157 billion, has started preliminary talks with Delaware and California regulatory bodies to work through the challenges of this structural shift.
The topic of these talks is focused on how OpenAI will manage its priceless intellectual property—specifically, its ChatGPT technology—under a revised business plan.
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