ChatGPT just got a major upgrade with their new Agent feature that can handle complex tasks automatically. This thing can actually browse websites, run code, and complete multi-step projects without you having to babysit it the whole time.
What’s New:
- Combined AI System: They took their best web browsing tech and mixed it with advanced research abilities into one powerful agent.
- Safe Virtual Environment: The agent works in its own protected space and can pick from different tools like visual web browser, text browser, coding terminal, or direct API connections.
- You Stay in Control: The agent asks before doing important stuff like buying things, and you can jump in or stop it whenever you want. Your phone gets pinged when tasks finish.
- Handle Complex Jobs: It can do things like research competitors and make presentation slides, plan trips, or update spreadsheets without breaking your formulas.
- Set and Forget Tasks: You can make it run the same job regularly, like creating weekly reports every Monday.
Who Gets Access:
- Rolling Out Now: Pro users first, then Plus and Team users in a few days, Enterprise and Education users later.
- Not Available: EU and Switzerland users have to wait.
- Message Limits:
- Pro Users: 400 messages monthly.
- Plus & Team Users: 40 messages monthly.
- You can buy more credits if needed.
Things to Know:
This is still early beta so expect some bugs. OpenAI added safety features like asking permission for big actions and letting you delete browsing history. Look for ‘agent mode’ in the tools menu to try it.
Anyone else excited to test this out? What tasks are you planning to automate first?
this could actually handle a ton of my tedious weekly stuff tho. curious how it deals with data entry without screwing everything up