👋 Well, well, well. Look who just got themselves a virtual assistant that actually does stuff.

No more “I’m just a helpful AI language model” — this one opens tabs, scrapes sites, builds PowerPoints, fills forms, and emails your clients. All while you’re making a flat white.

Welcome to Agent Mode, OpenAI’s latest party trick that combines its Operator, Deep Research, and tool-use magic into one intern-who-never-sleeps (or unionises). Think of it as Clippy with a PhD and a dual-screen setup.

What is it, really?

ChatGPT Agent is a general-purpose AI agent that doesn’t just chat — it acts. Using a virtual computer, it navigates actual software interfaces, handles real-world multistep tasks, and only stops to ask you permission when it’s about to do something irreversible. Like firing your team. Or sending that risky Slack message.

You can now:

  • Tell it to read 50 PDFs and build a slide deck.

  • Ask it to plan your wedding (yes, suit shopping was the demo — oddly specific, OpenAI).

  • Make it compile earnings reports, compare vendor prices, or book a trip to Tokyo.

  • Watch it generate editable PowerPoints and spreadsheets while you pretend to be in back-to-back Zooms.

And it does it all inside ChatGPT — no Zapier chains, no API dances, just plain English and a “Do it for me” vibe.

Who gets access?

  • Pro users: 400 agent credits/month

  • Plus & Teams: 40 credits/month

  • Enterprise and EDU? Coming soon, presumably with a nondisclosure and a bill the size of a medium yacht.

One credit = one “task” execution on the virtual desktop.
Yes, “create 20-slide deck on EU privacy laws” counts as one. Go wild.

Real World Reviews: Mixed to Mayhem

Like all OpenAI rollouts, it’s shiny, slightly awkward, and being tested by a million startup bros asking it to do their taxes. Some say it stumbles on tricky tasks. Others watched it generate full FIRE retirement plans from scratch.

As Kevin Weil (OpenAI CPO) summed it up:

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“First it’s impossible. Then it just kinda works. Then very quickly it’s great and we never look back.”

Remind you of anything? (Cough, GPT-3. Cough, generative AI. Cough, your boss pretending to be a prompt engineer.)

But Wait – Is This the End of SaaS?

If you squint, this looks a lot like OpenAI quietly going after Microsoft, Google, Notion, and half your tech stack. Spreadsheets? Slides? Scheduling? Research? Why use five tools when one bot can Frankenstein them together overnight?

As one product lead bluntly put it:

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“OpenAI is replacing its own customers’ products.”

So if you're building in SaaS and your entire roadmap is a glorified “Generate PDF from database” feature… maybe pivot to AI babysitting.

So What’s the Play Here?

This is OpenAI’s move from interface to infrastructure.
GPT was the brain.


Agent Mode is the body.
It clicks. It types. It books. It slides.

Now, the only question is whether you’re ready to manage a fleet of agents like a boss... or about to be managed by one.

✏️ Final Thought?

The next job title isn't “Prompt Engineer.”
It’s Agent Orchestrator.

And if you’re still building “AI dashboards,” better add a panic button.

– The ghost in your PowerPoint just got a promotion.