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OpenAI's AI Agent Has to Be Monitored Nonstop to Catch Its Constant Screwups

Frank Landymore

created: Feb. 1, 2025, 6:30 p.m. | updated: March 19, 2025, 5:36 p.m.

<p>OpenAI has finally debuted "Operator," its very own AI agent, a type of autonomous model that can do digital tasks on your behalf like shopping for groceries online. But calling it an AI toddler might be more fitting. As a Bloomberg reporter describes her experience using OpenAI's new toy, the experimental tech needs "a lot of adult supervision," frequently screwing up and asking for help when it gets stuck. It's also pretty sluggish, slow on the uptake as a still developing brain might be. "For several agonizing moments, I watched as OpenAI's artificially intelligent agent slowly navigated the internet like […]</p>

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