OpenAI mentioned on Friday that it’s rolling out Operator, its so-called AI agent that may carry out duties on behalf of customers, for ChatGPT Professional subscribers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the U.Ok., and extra nations.
OpenAI mentioned Operator might be accessible in most locations the place ChatGPT is out there, other than the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland.
Operator, launched in January within the U.S., is certainly one of a number of “AI agent” instruments available on the market that may be instructed to do issues like e book tickets, make restaurant reservations, file expense experiences, or store on e-commerce web sites.
The instrument is presently solely accessible to subscribers on the $200-per-month ChatGPT Professional plan. You possibly can solely use it through a devoted webpage, however the firm has mentioned it plans to make Operator accessible with all ChatGPT shoppers. Operator runs on a separate browser window (that customers can take management of at any time) to finish duties.
There’s ample competitors on this house, with corporations like Google, Anthropic and Rabbit constructing brokers that may carry out related duties. Nonetheless, Google’s venture remains to be on a waitlist, Anthropic offers entry to its agentic interface by way of an API, and Rabbit’s motion mannequin is just accessible to customers who personal its system.
