Inside OpenAI’s quest to make AI do anything for you

Inside OpenAI’s quest to make AI do anything for you

Shortly after Hunter Lightman joined OpenAI as a researcher in 2022, he watched his colleagues launch ChatGPT, one of the fastest-growing products ever. Meanwhile, Lightman quietly worked on a team teaching OpenAI’s models to solve high school math competitions.  Today that team, known as MathGen, is considered instrumental to OpenAI’s industry-leading effort to create AI…

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OpenAI launches a general purpose agent in ChatGPT

OpenAI launches a general purpose agent in ChatGPT

OpenAI is launching a new general purpose AI agent in ChatGPT, which the company says can complete a wide variety of computer-based tasks on behalf of users. OpenAI says the agent can automatically navigate a user’s calendar, generate editable presentations and slideshows, and run code. The tool, called ChatGPT agent, combines several capabilities from OpenAI’s…

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Hugging Face releases a free Operator-like agentic AI tool

Hugging Face releases a free Operator-like agentic AI tool

A team at Hugging Face has released a freely available, cloud-hosted computer-using AI “agent.” But be forewarned: It’s quite sluggish and occasionally makes mistakes. Hugging Face’s agent, called Open Computer Agent, is accessible via the web and can use a Linux virtual machine preloaded with several applications, including Firefox. Similar to OpenAI’s Operator, you can…

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Microsoft adds AI-powered deep research tools to Copilot

Microsoft adds AI-powered deep research tools to Copilot

Microsoft is introducing a “deep research” AI-powered tool in Microsoft 365 Copilot, its AI chatbot app. There’s been a raft of deep research agents launched recently across chatbots, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and xAI’s Grok. Powering them are so-called reasoning AI models, which posses the ability to think through problems and fact-check themselves —…

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#Richard Leibner, storied news anchor agent, retires

#Richard Leibner, storied news anchor agent, retires

“#Richard Leibner, storied news anchor agent, retires” Richard Leibner — the storied agent known for advising top news talent including Dan Rather, Mike Wallace, Ed Bradley, Morley Safer and Diane Sawyer — retired this week, receiving accolades from the industry.  UTA co-president Jay Sures told staff in a memo, “Richard’s impact has been unmatched ……

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#Valorant: All Agent Ages and Abilities

#Valorant: All Agent Ages and Abilities

“#Valorant: All Agent Ages and Abilities” Valorant is primarily a strategic shooting game. However, compared to some other games in the style, it features a set of Agents, each with their very own backstory, personality, and abilities. Continue reading if you’re curious about the Agents’ ages and abilities! Astra (Age: 25-30) Nebula / Dissipate Gravity Well…

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