In January 2025, we shipped Operator, a product to serve our Computer Using Agent (CUA) model as a research preview. CUA is an agentic model that can use the web to perform tasks for the user. Using its own browser, it can look at a webpage, and interact with it much like a human would by typing, clicking, scrolling and more.
We are replacing the existing GPT‑4o-based model for Operator with a version based on OpenAI o3. The API version will remain based on 4o.
o3 Operator uses the same multi-layered approach to safety that we used for the 4o version of Operator and described in our original Operator System Card(opens in a new window). Compared with other models in the o3 family, o3 Operator was fine-tuned with additional safety data for computer use, including safety datasets designed to teach the model our decision boundaries on confirmations and refusals.
Although o3 Operator inherits o3’s coding capabilities, it does not have native access to a coding environment or Terminal.
i haven’t updated but i just tried a thread with o3, the tone is completely different and less compassionate.. so to me, it’s not a great update. sounds more just like a bot.
I’ll assume that you can read what was linked and don’t need it parroted.
That instead, you might not be familiar with Operator itself. A ChatGPT Pro feature.
Operator is a research preview of an agent that can go to the web to perform tasks for you. It can automate various tasks—like filling out forms, booking travel, or even creating memes—by remotely interacting with a web browser much as a person would, via mouse clicks, scrolling, and typing.
Who can use Operator?
Operator is available at operator.chatgpt.com. Currently, Operator can only be accessed by ChatGPT Pro users who are at least 18 years of age.
All you have to do is to open a new thread using o3 then you can tell whether it gives you a different vibe or not. mine did, unfortunately. Hope you’ll have a better experience though!