{"id":18031,"date":"2025-03-09T11:37:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T10:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/who-bought-this-smoked-salmon-how-ai-agents-will-change-the-internet-and-shopping-lists\/"},"modified":"2025-03-09T11:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T10:37:36","slug":"who-bought-this-smoked-salmon-how-ai-agents-will-change-the-internet-and-shopping-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/who-bought-this-smoked-salmon-how-ai-agents-will-change-the-internet-and-shopping-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"Who bought this smoked salmon? How \u2018AI agents\u2019 will change the internet (and shopping lists)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Autonomous digital assistants are being developed that can carry out tasks on behalf of the user \u2013 including ordering the groceries. But if you don\u2019t keep an eye on them, dinner might not be quite what you expect \u2026<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m watching artificial intelligence order my groceries. Armed with my shopping list, it types each item into the search bar of a supermarket website, then uses its cursor to click. Watching what appears to be a digital ghost do this usually mundane task is strangely transfixing. \u201cAre you sure it\u2019s not just a person in India?\u201d my husband asks, peering over my shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m trying out <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/index\/introducing-operator\/\">Operator<\/a>, a new AI \u201cagent\u201d from OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. Made available to UK users last month, it has a similar text interface and conversational tone to ChatGPT, but rather than just answering questions, it can actually <em>do<\/em> things \u2013 provided they involve navigating a web browser.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/mar\/09\/who-bought-this-smoked-salmon-how-ai-agents-will-change-the-internet-and-shopping-lists\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/adc3277d486bb2a1a92667b0e0bbf22cae168408\/0_62_2480_1488\/master\/2480.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=5fc064a30607dd85b0dd4a160b749b86\" title=\"Who bought this smoked salmon? How \u2018AI agents\u2019 will change the internet (and shopping lists)\" \/>Autonomous digital assistants are being developed that can carry out tasks on behalf of the user \u2013 including ordering the groceries. But if you don\u2019t keep an eye on them, dinner might not be quite what you expect \u2026<br \/>\nI\u2019m watching artificial intelligence order my groceries. Armed with my shopping list, it types each item into the search bar of a supermarket website, then uses its cursor to click. Watching what appears to be a digital ghost do this usually mundane task is strangely transfixing. \u201cAre you sure it\u2019s not just a person in India?\u201d my husband asks, peering over my shoulder.<br \/>\nI\u2019m trying out Operator, a new AI \u201cagent\u201d from OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. Made available to UK users last month, it has a similar text interface and conversational tone to ChatGPT, but rather than just answering questions, it can actually do things \u2013 provided they involve navigating a web browser. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autonomous digital assistants are being developed that can carry out tasks on behalf of the user \u2013 including ordering the groceries. But if you don\u2019t keep an eye on them, dinner might not be quite what you expect \u2026 I\u2019m watching artificial intelligence order my groceries. Armed with my shopping list, it types each item &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/who-bought-this-smoked-salmon-how-ai-agents-will-change-the-internet-and-shopping-lists\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Who bought this smoked salmon? 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