Inside OpenAI's plan to make ChatGPT the way you use your computer
OpenAI is integrating 'Computer Use' tools into ChatGPT, allowing the AI to interact with web browsers and desktop applications to automate human tasks. The company aims to make AI agents capable of performing complex workflows, competing directly with Anthropic's similar offerings.
Why it matters
The shift toward AI agents that can operate software represents a significant evolution in how humans interact with computers and productivity tools.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images OpenAI is rolling out its Computer Use tools into ChatGPT, part of a push to automate more work. The tools can perform actions in a computer's apps and work online inside a web browser. OpenAI staff spoke about the technology's capabilities and what still needs to be figured out. OpenAI staffers say they're close to realizing one of the AI lab's longest-standing ambitions. Since the company's 2015 founding, leaders have hoped to one day build AI agents that can use a computer — and, crucially, a web browser — with the same dexterity as a human. A huge challenge has been collecting and creating the data to train these agents. OpenAI now has enough faith in the tech to start rolling out Computer Use tools to customers.
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