OpenAI said on Friday that it’s rolling out Operator, its so-called AI agent that may carry out duties on behalf of customers, for ChatGPT Professional subscribers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the U.Ok., and extra nations.

OpenAI mentioned Operator will probably be accessible in most locations the place ChatGPT is on the market, aside from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland.

Operator, launched in January within the U.S., is one in every of a number of “AI agent” instruments available on the market that may be instructed to do issues like guide tickets, make restaurant reservations, file expense studies, or store on e-commerce web sites.

The device is at present solely accessible to subscribers on the $200-per-month ChatGPT Professional plan. You’ll be able to solely use it through a dedicated webpage, however the firm has mentioned it plans to make Operator accessible with all ChatGPT shoppers. Operator runs on a separate browser window (that customers can take management of at any time) to finish duties.

There’s ample competitors on this area, with firms like Google, Anthropic and Rabbit constructing brokers that may carry out related duties. Nonetheless, Google’s challenge remains to be on a waitlist, Anthropic offers entry to its agentic interface by way of an API, and Rabbit’s motion mannequin is barely accessible to customers who personal its gadget.