OpenAI will release Operator «AI agent this week» — probably in ChatGPT Pro subscription for $200

Subscribers of ChatGPT Pro for $200, will likely be the first to try out a new development from OpenAI — the AI agent Operator, which will manage your computer or perform actions in the browser for you.

Hints of the agent’s launch in the subscription were initially noticed in the ChatGPT codebase by a user X, while the publication TechCrunch found similar references to Operator on the OpenAI website.

Operator will be available in the Pro plan. pic.twitter.com/UCBCZUed15

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From what has been noticed so far:

There are several links to the URL operator.chatgpt.com (currently, this address redirects to the main page chatgpt.com)
There is a planned pop-up window offering to upgrade the tariff plan for those who want to try Operator with a warning that “the agent is currently only available to Pro users in early preview”
OpenAI plans to add a note “access to the Operator preview” to the page with the list of tariffs in the Pro category.

OpenAI will release the AI agent Operator in the ChatGPT Pro subscription for $200 — Screenshot TechCrunch

Recently, the site The Information reported that OpenAI might launch Operator as early as this week and, considering the latest changes in the code, it seems everything is ready.

“The feature called ‘Operator’ will perform various task categories, such as ordering goods or planning trips. When the user enters a prompt, a miniature screen will open in the chatbot, displaying the browser and the actions the agent will perform. The agent will also ask additional questions — for example, about the time and number of people for restaurant reservations,” — it was noted in the report.

As a reminder, a similar AI model (i.e., one that can manage a computer) has already been presented by Anthropic, but is currently only available as a beta feature for developers.

ChatGPT Pro — this is a premium subscription to the OpenAI chatbot, which among other things provides access to the updated version of the artificial intelligence model o1, mode o1 pro, and cancels speed limits for several other company tools, including the video generator Sora. Despite the fact that the subscription cost reaches up to $200, the company’s CEO Sam Altman stated at the beginning of January that they are still losing money on it due to “excessive demand.”