AI agentic wars are at an all-time high between companies like Microsoft and Salesforce. They are considered the next wave in the AI revolution, helping people where the AI can take multiple steps with little supervision to complete everyday tasks for workers.

CEO Sam Altman hinted that this was coming in a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) with other OpenAI executives, saying "the next giant breakthrough will be agents." Regarding future plans for more autonomous AI,

OpenAI is preparing to release an autonomous AI agent that can control computers and perform tasks independently, code-named “Operator.” The company plans to debut it as a research preview and developer tool in January,

OpenAI is set to debut groundbreaking AI codenamed "Operator" in January 2025. Bloomberg's Shirin Ghaffary and Rachel Metz reported today that computer-using agents will be capable of performing tasks independently on behalf of human users.

OpenAI could release an "AI agent" tool as soon as January. OpenAI is said to be planning to initially launch Operator as a research preview through its developer API. Operator would go up against Anthropic's recently unveiled agent feature,