OpenAI announced on Thursday that it is launching a research preview of Operator, a general-purpose AI agent that can take control of a web browser and perform tasks autonomously.

It can also ask follow-up questions to further personalize the tasks it completes, such as login information for other websites. Users can take control of the screen at any time.

The new tool, called Operator, can shop for groceries or book a restaurant reservation. But it still needs help from humans.

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The announcement confirms one of two rumors that circled the internet this week. The other was about superintelligence.

So-called "computer use agents" are expected to be a major leap in AI that will allow bots to actually complete tasks on your behalf.

Google challenges OpenAI with free Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking model, offering million-token processing, native code execution, and breakthrough performance in math and science benchmarks.

The company built a cheaper, competitive chatbot with fewer high-end computer chips than U.S. behemoths like Google and OpenAI, showing the limits of chip export control.

Stargate isn’t just a massive AI investment—it’s a high-stakes bet on technology, power, and future global dominance.

The Financial Times report said Google’s new investment was separate from the Lightspeed Venture Partners funding round

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