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OpenAI pushes AI agent capabilities with new developer API
New tools may help fulfill CEO’s claim that agents will “join the workforce” in 2025.
However, OpenAI acknowledges that its CUA model is not yet reliable for automating tasks on operating systems and can make unintended mistakes. That's notable because OpenAI says the added web search ability dramatically improves the factual accuracy of its AI models. However, at the moment, the AI agent movement remains vulnerable to unrealistic claims, as demonstrated earlier this week when users discovered that Chinese startup Butterfly Effect's Manus AI agent platform failed to deliver on many of its promises, highlighting the persistent gap between promotional claims and practical functionality in this emerging technology category.
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