OpenAI’s next product could book flights and more by taking over your PC

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• OpenAI is reportedly close to launching an AI agent that can perform actions on a user’s behalf.
• The AI agent, codenamed Operator, would be able to write code or book travel via your computer.
• The news comes after other tech companies launched so-called agentic AI applications and tools.

OpenAI’s ChatGPT popularized the new generation of AI chatbots, which are capable of a variety of tasks. What if these chatbots could do stuff for you on your PC? It sounds like OpenAI could offer this functionality in the near future.

Bloomberg reports that the tech company is working on an AI agent purportedly codenamed “Operator.” This agent would be able to perform actions on a computer on behalf of the user, with the outlet giving specific examples such as writing code or booking travel.




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