ChatGPT already has a web browsing agent mode that runs on Linux in the Azure cloud. While this mode can perform various tasks, it cannot control the browser, see tabs, or other browser features. But that looks set to change soon.
ChatGPT already has a web browsing agent mode that runs on Linux in the Azure cloud. While this mode can perform various tasks, it cannot control the browser, see tabs, or other browser features. But that looks set to change soon.
As AI researcher Tibor Blaho has noted, OpenAI is developing an agent mode that will allow the user to choose between two options: either use a remote “cloud/virtual browser” or connect to their own local browser (the one rumored to be the same), writes Bleeping Computer.
The hidden "Use Cloud Browser" toggle plus a gateway for the user-agent matching "ChatGPT…Macintosh;…Chrome" indicates that this feature is only enabled when using OpenAI's own Mac app/browser, with the cloud browser as a fallback.
This coincides with OpenAI's official documentation, which already mentions a virtual browser for agents, and also confirms rumors that the company is preparing its own browser based on Chromium.
