This story incorporates reporting fromPC Gamer, BGR, MIT Technology Review, Computerworld, TechRadar and newsbytesapp.com.OpenAI has released Operator, a largely autonomous AI tool designed to execute tasks on the internet based on simple text prompts.

It can also ask follow-up questions to further personalize the tasks it completes, such as login information for other websites. Users can take control of the screen at any time.

Generative artificial intelligence heavyweight OpenAI on Thursday previewed an AI agent that can carry out tasks on the web for users, as it seeks to enhance its chatbot amid intensifying competition.