SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - OpenAI on Thursday introduced an artificial intelligence program called "Operator" that can tend to online tasks such as ordering items or filling out forms.

This week’s AI announcement by President Donald Trump casts a spotlight on a relatively small and nimble class of cloud computing firms.

First, what’s a foundation model? Stanford researchers coined the term to mean any AI model that is trained on broad data that can be adapted to a wide range of downstream tasks. For example, a large ...

It can also ask follow-up questions to further personalize the tasks it completes, such as login information for other websites. Users can take control of the screen at any time.

A trio of artificial intelligence engineers who previously led projects at Google LLC, Meta Platforms Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. say they have raised $10 million for a new startup that aims ...

Anthropic chief says AI capabilities could surpass “almost all humans at almost everything" by 2027. More details here.

OpenAI is releasing a digital assistant that can autonomously complete online searches and purchases for travel and more.

OpenAI announced that it is launching a research preview of Operator, an AI agent that can take control of a browser and perform tasks.

The company built a cheaper, competitive chatbot with fewer high-end computer chips than U.S. behemoths like Google and ...

The company says the CUA’s reasoning technique, which they call an “inner monologue,” helps the model understand intermediate steps and adapt to unexpected input. Under the hood, CUA takes screenshots ...

Notably, OpenAI’s Operator has its competitors. Anthropic recently released its “Computer Use” API that is currently a developer’s beta. Google also announced its own AI Agents in December 2024 as an ...

The new tool, called Operator, can shop for groceries or book a restaurant reservation. But it still needs help from humans.