Introducing Operator — from openai.com
A research preview of an agent that can use its own browser to perform tasks for you. Available to Pro users in the U.S.
Today we’re releasing Operator, an agent that can go to the web to perform tasks for you. Using its own browser, it can look at a webpage and interact with it by typing, clicking, and scrolling. It is currently a research preview, meaning it has limitations and will evolve based on user feedback. Operator is one of our first agents, which are AIs capable of doing work for you independently—you give it a task and it will execute it.
Per the Rundown AI:
“OpenAI just launched Operator, an AI agent that can independently navigate web browsers to complete everyday tasks — marking the company’s first major step into autonomous AI assistants.”
I got early access to ChatGPT Operator.
It’s OpenAI’s new AI agent that autonomously takes action across the web on your behalf.
The 9 most impressive use cases I’ve tried (videos sped up):
1. Ordering dinner ingredients based on a picture and a recipe pic.twitter.com/tdbApPELD4
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) January 23, 2025
…and speaking of agents/assistants:
Introducing Perplexity Assistant.
Assistant uses reasoning, search, and apps to help with daily tasks ranging from simple questions to multi-app actions. You can book dinner, find a forgotten song, call a ride, draft emails, set reminders, and more.
Available on Play Store. pic.twitter.com/UHdUIiDOzD
— Perplexity (@perplexity_ai) January 23, 2025
DeepSeek shakes the world of AI — from heatherbcooper.substack.com by Heather B. Cooper
DeepSeek: A New AI Powerhouse for Everyday Users
DeepSeek is an advanced AI platform developed by a Chinese startup, offering tools like DeepSeek-R1 (nicknamed “DeepThink”) that rival top models like ChatGPT. Here’s what you need to know:
Key Features
- Human-Like Reasoning
- Cost-Effective & Open-Source
- Web Search Integration
State of AI in 2025 exposed — from theneurondaily.com by Grant Harvey
PLUS: When to use Gemini instead of ChatGPT…
The State of AI Development in 2025…
Late last year, we helped Vellum survey over 1,250 AI builders to understand where AI development is really heading. Spoiler alert: It’s not quite the AI takeover you might expect.
Here’s the surprising truth about AI development in 2025: most companies are still figuring it out.
From the Vellum State of AI 2025 report
Only 25.1% of businesses have actually deployed AI in production. Everyone else is split between building proofs of concept (21%), beta testing (14.1%), or still working on their strategy (25%). The rest are somewhere between talking to users and evaluating their initial attempts.