OpenAI’s Operator AI agent can book tickets, order groceries: How it works

Microsoft-backed OpenAI has launched a web-based artificial intelligence (AI) agent called “Operator.” Currently a research preview, the new AI agent can perform web-based tasks without user intervention. OpenAI said that Operator uses a web browser and can interact with webpages on its own by typing, clicking, and scrolling.

“Operator is one of our first agents, which are AIs capable of doing work for you independently—you give it a task and it will execute it,” said OpenAI in a blog post.