OpenAI Upgrades Computer Use Capabilities
dkundel · x · 2026-07-12
OpenAI announced that Computer Use has received a massive upgrade powered by GPT-5.6.
Key updates include:
- Faster and more token-efficient: Improved execution efficiency for multi-step tasks;
- Support for batching and parallel operations: Capable of handling multiple steps simultaneously;
- New picture-in-picture supervision experience: Users can monitor the agent executing tasks in the background;
- It was also mentioned that Pet can "follow along" and run together.
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