The tools are part of OpenAI’s new Responses API, which lets businesses develop custom AI agents that can perform web searches, scan through company files, and navigate websites, much like OpenAI’s Operator product. The Responses API effectively replaces OpenAI’s Assistants API, which the company plans to sunset in the first half of 2026.

The artificial intelligence startup released a platform that lets companies create their own AI bots for tasks such as customer service and financial analysis.

The AI industry is doing its best to will "agents"—pieces of AI-driven software that can perform multistep actions on your behalf—into reality. Several tech companies, including Google, have emphasized agentic features recently,

OpenAI's new Responses API & Agents SDK simplify AI agent development, enabling businesses to automate complex workflows with built-in tools.

When using Responses API to create an AI agent, developers can choose from two models: GPT-4o search and GPT-4o mini search. According to the company, both are capable of browsing the web autonomously to try and find answers to questions, and they also cite the sources that inform their responses.

The new AI tool Manus competes with providers such as Deepseek and ChatGPT and aims to improve on their tools.

OpenAI launched new tools for developers on Tuesday that will help them build advanced AI agents, using a few application programming interfaces (APIs), amid growing competition from Chinese AI startups.

New ChatGPT research from OpenAI shows that reasoning models like o1 and o3-mini can lie and cheat to achieve a goal.

Despite growing concerns over future demand for artificial intelligence chips, both Meta (META) and OpenAI can’t seem to get enough right now.

OpenAI is also making its web search, file search, and computer use tools available directly through the Responses API.

It’s been less than two years since OpenAI introduced ChatGPT and sparked a seismic shift in the AI landscape. Since then, the number of AI-related startups has more than tripled compared to 2021, with AI venture funding surpassing $20 billion in 2023,

OpenAI’s new Responses API comes with web search, the ability to look through files, and computer use out of the box.