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OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Agent, Plans In-Chat Checkout and Google Cloud Partnership

The agent merges browsing with analysis capabilities into one tool that pauses for user approval before making purchases or submitting forms.

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Overview

  • ChatGPT Agent is now available to Pro, Plus and Team subscribers with enterprise and education access scheduled for later this summer
  • The new agent unifies Operator’s web interaction and Deep Research’s analysis to autonomously carry out multistep workflows on a virtual computer
  • OpenAI is building an integrated checkout in collaboration with Shopify that will levy commissions on merchants for in-chat product sales
  • Google Cloud Platform will join Microsoft Azure, CoreWeave and Oracle in providing backend infrastructure to support ChatGPT’s growing demand
  • These developments accompany a reported $10 billion annualized revenue run rate even as OpenAI continues to operate at a loss