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 will probably be obtainable in most locations the place ChatGPT is on the market, aside from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland.
Operator, launched in January within the U.S., is one in all a number of “AI agent” instruments in the marketplace that may be instructed to do issues like guide tickets, make restaurant reservations, file expense experiences, or store on e-commerce web sites.
The instrument is at present solely obtainable to subscribers on the $200-per-month ChatGPT Professional plan. You’ll be able to solely use it by way of a devoted webpage, however the firm has mentioned it plans to make Operator obtainable with all ChatGPT purchasers. 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 area, with firms like Google, Anthropic and Rabbit constructing brokers that may carry out related duties. Nonetheless, Google’s mission continues to be on a waitlist, Anthropic offers entry to its agentic interface by means of an API, and Rabbit’s motion mannequin is barely obtainable to customers who personal its gadget.
