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Google playing catch-up on the hottest AI consumer trend of the year

OpenAI released an AI agent last month that can take over consumers’ web browsers to order groceries or book a restaurant for dinner. Google says its assistant is coming later this year.

Tess Bennett

Universal assistants are coming, says Alphabet chief executive Sundar Pichai, but Google’s users will have to wait until later this year to try out the tech giant’s answer to OpenAI’s Operator.

In the US, ChatGPT Pro subscribers, who pay $US200 ($320) a month for access to the chatbot’s top-tier service, have begun experimenting with OpenAI’s Operator after it was launched late last month.

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Tess Bennett is a technology reporter with The Australian Financial Review, based in the Brisbane newsroom. She was previously the work & careers reporter. Connect with Tess on Twitter. Email Tess at tess.bennett@afr.com

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