What Is ChatGPT’s New AI Agent? Everything You Need to Know (and Why It’s a Big Deal)

A digital illustration of ChatGPT Agent using a virtual computer to automate tasks like browsing, coding, and document editing.

Introduction ChatGPT started out as a text‑based assistant that could answer questions, write poems and help with simple research. In July 2025, OpenAI quietly flipped a switch that transforms ChatGPT into something far more ambitious: an AI agent. This new “agent mode” — sometimes called ChatGPT Agent — gives the model a virtual body with which […]