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 Pro subscribers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the U.Okay., and extra international locations.
OpenAI mentioned Operator can be obtainable in most locations the place ChatGPT is obtainable, 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 stories, or store on e-commerce web sites.
The software is presently solely obtainable to subscribers on the $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro plan. You can solely use it by way of a devoted webpage, however the firm has mentioned it plans to make Operator obtainable 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 area, with firms like Google, Anthropic and Rabbit constructing brokers that may carry out comparable duties. However, Google’s undertaking remains to be on a waitlist, Anthropic offers entry to its agentic interface by way of an API, and Rabbit’s motion mannequin is barely obtainable to customers who personal its gadget.
