EP 570: ChatGPT’s Agent Mode Overview: 5 things you should know

In this episode of the Everyday AI Show, Jordan Wilson discusses OpenAI's new ChatGPT Agent (or Agent Mode), which he believes is the best publicly available AI agent. He details what Agent Mode is, how it works, and five key things to know about it, including its combination of Operator and Deep Research capabilities, its potential competition with Microsoft Office, its mini RAG-ready features through connectors, its access to the same toolset as humans (including a virtual computer), and its classification as having high capability in biological and chemical weapon domains, raising safety concerns. Jordan also shares a live demo, showing how the agent can perform tasks like web research, data entry, spreadsheet creation, and PowerPoint generation.