OpenAI's AI chatbot platform, ChatGPT, suffered a major outage Thursday. But the company claims that service has been restored.

The new tool, called Operator, is an AI agent: It relies on an AI model trained on both text and images to interpret commands and figure out how to use a web browser to execute them. OpenAI claims it has the potential to automate many day-to-day tasks and workday errands.

The secondhand marketplace says consumers are already reaping the benefits of the AI-enabled customer service tool.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altmanannounced todaythat the free tier of ChatGPT will now utilize the o3-mini model, while paid users will get "tons more." Here's what that entails.

OpenAI plans to expand access to Operator across more user tiers and integrate its capabilities into ChatGPT, broadening its availability and utility. Until then, OpenAI just announced that its latest model, o3-mini is available for free, giving users even more ways to use its chatbot.

OpenAI has introduced Operator, a new feature that enhances its ChatGPT chatbot by automating tasks such as vacation planning, filling out forms, making restaurant reservations, and ordering groceries.

Alongside its big public push for AI investments, the U.K. government is also playing a virtual card to catapult itself into the 21st century. Today it

The company built a cheaper, competitive chatbot with fewer high-end computer chips than U.S. behemoths like Google and OpenAI, showing the limits of chip export control.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced on Thursday that the new o3-mini reasoning model will power ChatGPT chat sessions for free tier users.

ChatGPT, OpenAI's chatbot, suffered an outage earlier today—and that sent social media into a whirlwind of worried action.