- Openai has introduced a new tool called chatgpt agent for handling online tasks autonomous
- Chatgpt agent can navigate on sites, manage calendars, run code and build slideshows from a single natural-linguistic prompt
- The agent can perform tasks across apps and services, though it will seek user approval before some actions
Openai rolls a new feature for chatgpt designed to make AI Chatbot a semi-autonomous digital assistant. CEO Sam Altman and several other Openai luminaires demonstrated the new Chatgpt Agent tool in a livestream that shows how it works similarly as Openai’s operator tool, combined with the deep research feature.
Chatgpt agent can perform tasks in the real world on your computer from a quick and create long, complex reports on what it finds online. It can also connect with other programs and accounts, which means it could control your calendar, whip a PowerPoint presentation and chase through sites that a human would.
The rolling is currently only for subscribers to Chatgpt Pro, Plus or Team, so free users are out of luck at the moment. You can activate the agent by selecting “Agent Mode” from the Chatgpt tool menu.
This is more than just a new feature to add to chatgpts list. Chatgpt agent reorienting AI -Chatbot completely. Typically, you will ask chatgpt a question, receive an answer, open another app and perform an action based on the answer and so on. Now you can say, “Help me plan a trip to Tokyo, find three hotels under $ 150 per night and put them in a table with advantages and disadvantages,” and AI will carry it all out at once.
And although Chatgpt -Agent incorporates some of the operator and Deep Research’s elements, it has the unique ability to integrate everything into a single task seamlessly. Say you want to make dinner reservations – it will not only draw options for eateries, but it can also check your calendar to see when you are free. You can ask it to compare products and get a personal buyer’s guide with reviews, prices and accessibility.
It also has protective measures against going too far and will ask for approval before submitting a reservation request or connecting to your Gmail account. For the average person playing around with chatgpt, this is the kind of jumping forward that makes AI feel less like a smart news and more like a useful tool worth paying for, which is of course something that is open that many people feel about it.
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The livestreamed message included several examples from Altman and his team to use Chatgpt agent for practical tasks. They asked it to “plan and buy ingredients to make a Japanese breakfast for four” and “analyze three competitors and create a slip deck.” But it hardly scratches the surface of what people can do with an AI agent.
I immediately imagined people who asked for help with everything from long-term travel plans, specific needs for gift-shopping and even ideas to make emails less passive-aggressive.
Keeping it embedded in Chatgpt is also a smart move. Without having to install something new, the average user is much more likely to try the agent. Of course, to give every AI, so much agency raises obvious questions about security, but Openai made a big deal on how much effort they have put into security protections.
If your request even externally suggests trying to construct something shady, the system marks it, it redirects, and in some cases it shuts down completely. There are even layers of screening for tasks that sound innocent but can lead to harmful results. In other words, you can’t make it design and build a drug cartel for you, no matter how polite you ask.
But mainly the chatgpt agent AI -Chatboten to a more active partner in helping with the little details of your life that need a hand. It offers action along with answers, at least if you are willing to pay for the privilege.
