OpenAI's New AI Agent Requires Lots of Adult Supervision

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Welcome to Tech In Depth, our revamped daily newsletter with reporting and analysis about the business of tech from Bloomberg's journalists around the world. Today, Rachel Metz tests out whether OpenAI's new agent can be the personal assistant she's always dreamed of having.
Mark Zuckerberg's confidence: The Meta chief executive officer predicted a 'really big year' in which the social media company's 'highly intelligent and personalized AI assistant' will reach more than 1 billion people on its platforms.

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