OpenAI's new agent AI, Operator, is primed to compete against established industry rivals like Microsoft's CopilotOperator is designed to take autonomous action based on the information available to it in real-timeOperator is a web-based browser; it runs on OpenAI's server and executes tasks remotelyUsers can activate the agent from the ChatGPT home screen to carry out its tasksOperator has an integrated model that provides the app's multimodal abilitiesAlong with the repeated narrative of action taken, Operators AI will get users confirmation before executing important tasksOpenAI plans to expand its capabilities and integrate Operator into ChatGPT in the futureOperator can only perform simple internet-based tasks currently, and it is limited to the browserOpenAI claims that Operator has beaten the industry benchmark Mariner agent and anthropic's Computer Use in various industry bench testsInitial user reactions about the AI agent have been mixed