Who bought this smoked salmon? How ‘AI agents’ will change the internet (and shopping lists)
💻 OpenAI's AI agent "Operator" was made available to UK users last month, joining other AI agents like Anthropic's Claude and offerings from Perplexity and Google. These agents perform tasks in a web browser with some degree of autonomy. Operator, still in "research preview," recently made an error by spending $31 on a dozen eggs. OpenAI describes Operator as a research preview and requires a ChatGPT Pro account at $200 a month. AI agents are expected to reshape workflows and the internet, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman predicting they could join the workforce this year. GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke discusses increasing autonomy in AI agents and their potential, such as GitHub's Project Padawan. Concerns about AI agents' autonomy include potential risks, urging the need for guardrails in technology. AI agents' proliferation could lead to internet restructuring and the redesign of interfaces with AI agents in mind.
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