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

Baby Brain OpenAI has finally debuted “Operator,” its very own AI agent, a type of autonomous model designed to 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, as echoed by other users, and 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 someone who’s had the web described to them in great detail but never actually used it,” wrote Bloomberg’s Rachel Metz. “I had to monitor it the entire time.” ParentGPT Experiences like Metz’ suggest there’s still a long way to realizing OpenAI’s vision — and the industry’s at large — of releasing agentic AI models that can serve as virtual employees or personal assistants, supercharging your productivity by doing the work for you. Typical large language models are limited to words. But AI agents are capable of interacting with their environment, like a user’s desktop computer. That potentially enables them to do anything from browse the web — itself a fount of infinite possibilities — to using installed software. In its announcement, OpenAI highlighted Operator’s usefulness in making reservations, booking flights, and creating shopping lists. The AI model is only available to subscribers…OpenAI's AI Agent Has to Be Monitored Nonstop to Catch Its Constant Screwups

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