OpenAI’s New AI Agent Requires Lots of Adult Supervision
The startup’s newest tool can buy you makeup and a snack, but it will ask many questions first.
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Welcome to Tech In Depth, our revamped daily newsletter with reporting and analysis about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Rachel Metz tests out whether OpenAI’s new agent can be the personal assistant she’s always dreamed of having.
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