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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Robert Booth UK technology editor

OpenAI launches personal assistant capable of controlling files and web browsers

ChatGPT user interface is seen on a smartphone screen over a keyboard
While it is intended to help people with everyday tasks, the agent’s potential power means OpenAI has felt the need to introduce safeguards to ensure no agents enable the creation of biological hazards. Photograph: Nikos Pekiaridis/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Users of ChatGPT will be able to ask an AI agent to find restaurant reservations, go shopping for them and even draw up lists of candidates for job vacancies, as the chatbot gains the powers of a personal assistant from Thursday.

ChatGPT agent, launched by Open AI everywhere apart from the EU, not only “thinks” but also acts, the US company said. The agent combines the powers of AI research tools with the ability to take control of web browsers, computer files and software such as spreadsheets and slide decks.

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