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OpenAI
Operator
Launched Jan 23, 2025
A research-preview agent with its own browser that types, clicks and scrolls to complete web tasks.
- Surface
- App
- Availability
- Preview
- Plans
- Pro
- Retired
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Strengths & weaknesses
Strengths
- Built on the Computer-Using Agent model
Weaknesses
- US Pro only
- Struggled with complex interfaces (per OpenAI)
Folded into ChatGPT agent on 2025-07-17; the help centre says the Operator website is no longer accessible. No exact shutdown date on a primary page, so retiredDate is null.