OpenAI launched an artificial intelligence agent for its popular chatbot ChatGPT on Thursday that can complete complex tasks as the Microsoft-backed startup looks to get ahead of competitors in the AI race.

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OpenAI on Thursday announced a new feature for ChatGPT that allows the popular chatbot to execute tasks on a user’s behalf. It’s part of a general push away from ask-and-answer digital assistants like Alexa and more toward Rosie from “The Jetsons.

ChatGPT agent is designed to streamline personal and professional projects, such as planning a meal and ordering ingredients online, or creating a slideshow.

Before the mayor of San Jose, California, arrives at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new business, his aides ask ChatGPT to help draft some talking points. “Elected officials do a tremendous amount of public speaking,

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Even the most serious face of A.I. — its ability to pass tests, solve difficult logic problems and math problems and hit benchmarks — can also be viewed as a form of entertainment: puzzles. Humans have always used cognitive challenges as a form of fun, and the history of A.I. is filled with these types of games, such as chess and Go.