OpenAI’s ‘Operator’ agent is coming

Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

The following evolution of AI is not just about conversation; it’s about motion — and OpenAI’s upcoming ‘Operator’ agent is able to take control of your real-world tasks.

But in a market quickly being flooded with similar tools, will OpenAI’s agent give you the chance to face out above the group? Let’s get into it…

In today’s AI rundown:

• OpenAI’s ‘Operator’ agent is coming

• AI research agents design latest COVID-fighting proteins

• Transform product photos into ad campaigns

• OpenAI presents U.S. AI roadmap

• 5 latest AI tools & 5 latest AI jobs

• More AI & tech news

Read time: 4 minutes

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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

OPENAI

🤖 OpenAI’s ‘Operator’ agent is coming

The Rundown: OpenAI is planning to launch ‘Operator’ in January, a brand new AI tool that may actively complete tasks like booking flights or writing code on a user’s behalf, in line with a brand new report from Bloomberg.

The small print:

• Operator might be able to controlling an internet browser to finish real, multi-step process tasks with minimal human oversight.

• CEO Sam Altman said during a recent Reddit AMA that agentic capabilities will “feel like the subsequent giant breakthrough” over simply improving models.

• Operator joins a flurry of agent competition, with Anthropic (computer use), Microsoft (Copilot Agents), and Google (Jarvis) working on similar tools.

• The tool is reportedly set for a January release as each a research preview and developer API.

Why it matters: Agents proceed to be all the fashion in AI and mark a shift from increasingly smarter chatbots to systems that may actually navigate the true world on our behalf. OpenAI’s agent execution might be interesting to observe — with so many similar offerings, what differentiator will make the tool stand out above the remaining?

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AI RESEARCH

🦠 AI research agents design latest COVID-fighting proteins

The Rundown: Stanford researchers just introduced the Virtual Lab, an AI research platform where specialized AI agents collaborate with human scientists to tackle complex scientific challenges — successfully designing and validating latest nanobodies against recent COVID variants.

The small print:

• The system uses multiple AI agents with distinct specialties (immunologist, ML specialist, computational biologist) coordinated by an AI Principal Investigator.

• The AI team members hold structured “meetings” to debate and refine their work, requiring only light guidance from human scientists.

• Over 90% of the AI-designed molecules were stable and worked as intended when produced within the lab.

• Lab testing identified two promising candidates from 92 designed proteins that may attach to each latest COVID variants and the unique virus.

Why it matters: AI superteams are actually tackling scientific research — and shortly, we’ll all be having check-ins with an authority panel of our subject of alternative. As AI reaches Ph.D.-level intelligence and beyond, the considered what could be achieved by groups of genius agents with an limitless array of specialties is staggering to contemplate.

AI TRAINING

✨ Transform product photos into ad campaigns

The Rundown: Ideogram allows you to turn product photos into custom-sized marketing assets with legible text.

Step-by-step:

1. Upload your product photo to Ideogram Canvas.

2. Use “Extend” to regulate the image to your required marketing format.

3. Select “Magic Fill” and select your selected selection tool (brush, lasso, or rectangle).

4. Add AI-generated text effects and export your marketing-ready asset.

Pro tip: Create templates by saving your favorite aspect ratios and styles for consistent branding across all of your product marketing materials.

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OPENAI

🗺️ OpenAI presents U.S. AI roadmap

The Rundown: OpenAI just presented a comprehensive blueprint for American AI infrastructure and international cooperation, proposing sweeping changes to power, regulations, and partnerships to compete with China’s growing AI capabilities.

The small print:

• The plan calls for creating special ‘AI Economic Zones’ where states can fast-track permits and approvals for AI infrastructure projects.

• OpenAI envisions a “North American AI Alliance” that would eventually expand to incorporate other democratic allies globally.

• The blueprint also advocates modernizing the facility grid with a National Transmission Highway Act that prioritizes transmission, fiber, and natural gas.

• The corporate reportedly spoke with the federal government a couple of potential $100B, 5-gigawatt data center that’s five times larger than any existing facility.

Why it matters: With a brand new incoming U.S. administration having significantly different views for the country’s AI initiatives, OpenAI is wasting no time in upping the pressure to handle the huge energy and compute demands needed to proceed accelerating — and staying ahead of rival Chinese AI giants.

NEW TOOLS & JOBS

Trending AI Tools

• 📚 Learn About by Google – AI-powered companion for educational research

• 📰 Particle – AI-powered news coverage organized to see the total picture of each story

• 🗣️ Vocera – Launch AI voice agents faster with testing, simulation, and monitoring

• 🍐 PearAI – Open-source, extendable AI code editor with native integration

• 🌉 Arch – Construct fast, hyper-personalized agents with intelligent infrastructure

Latest AI Job Opportunities

• ✍️ The Rundown – Content Author

• 💰 Together AI – Senior Accountant

• 🖥️ Waymo – Backend TLM, TaaS

• 🚛 Figure AI – Director, Fleet Operations

• 🔍 Perplexity AI – Product QA Tester

QUICK HITS

Formation Bio, OpenAI, and Sanofi unveiled Muse, an AI system that drastically accelerates clinical trial recruitment, with Sanofi already implementing it in Phase 3 trials to streamline drug development timelines.

Chinese robotics firm Deep Robotics began business sales of its X30 quadruped robot, featuring a $54,000 price tag with industrial use cases like site inspections, security patrol, and more.

GEMA became the primary performing rights organization to sue OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement of song lyrics, filing a lawsuit in Munich, Germany.

AI safety advocate Dan Hendrycks is joining Scale AI, becoming an advisor for with $14B data labeling company alongside his roles at The Center For AI Safety and xAI.

Microsoft launched adapted AI models, offering specialized small language models to handle sector-specific challenges in manufacturing, automotive, and agriculture.

DeepL introduced Voice, a real-time translation service supporting 13 spoken languages and 33 written languages, initially specializing in text-based output for Teams meetings and in-person conversations.

THAT’S A WRAP

See you soon,

Rowan, Joey, Zach, and Alvaro—aka The Rundown Team