A Practical Guide To Using ChatGPT Agent For Real World Business Tasks
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Weekly AI Roundup: ChatGPT
ChatGPT Hits 2.5 Billion Prompts a Day
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has reached a new milestone, processing 2.5 billion prompts daily. This remarkable surge in usage highlights the growing reliance on AI for everything from problem-solving to content generation. With such high demand, it’s clear that AI tools are becoming integral in many industries.
Sam Altman Discusses the Legal Risks of Using ChatGPT as a Therapist
OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman has issued a warning about using ChatGPT for therapeutic purposes, highlighting potential legal risks. He emphasised the lack of legal confidentiality when engaging with AI in sensitive settings. This raises important questions about the responsible use of AI in healthcare and personal services.
UK Government Partners with OpenAI to Boost AI Infrastructure
The UK government is collaborating with OpenAI to enhance its AI infrastructure, with the goal of transforming public services. OpenAI’s expanded presence in the UK will help turbocharge government initiatives, aiming for broader AI adoption across sectors. This partnership represents a key step in solidifying the UK’s position as a global leader in AI development.
OpenAI Introduces Flexible Pricing for Enterprise and Team Plans
OpenAI has unveiled flexible pricing options for its Enterprise and Team plans, allowing organisations to tailor their AI usage according to their specific needs. This new pricing structure aims to offer greater scalability and cost efficiency for businesses of all sizes. With these changes, companies can better align their AI investment with their operational requirements.
Pioneering an AI Clinical Copilot with Penda Health
OpenAI has partnered with Penda Health to develop an AI clinical copilot aimed at enhancing healthcare delivery. This AI tool will assist healthcare professionals in providing more accurate diagnoses and personalised care, while reducing the administrative burden. The collaboration highlights the potential of AI to revolutionise healthcare systems, improving both efficiency and patient outcomes.
OpenAI’s Outtake Agents Resolve Cybersecurity Attacks in Hours
OpenAI's new Outtake technology is designed to rapidly resolve cybersecurity attacks. Using advanced AI agents, Outtake can detect and respond to threats in just hours, offering businesses an efficient solution to safeguard their systems. This development highlights OpenAI’s growing influence in enhancing security through AI-driven solutions.
A practical guide to using ChatGPT agent for real world business tasks
AI agents are a new kind of assistant that go beyond chat. They don’t just respond to prompts but they carry out entire tasks for you step by step. These agents can browse the web, manage files, use tools, and even interact with other services to get the job done.
In short, they behave like helpful virtual co-workers who can handle tasks with minimal supervision. This makes them especially useful for professionals who want to save time on repetitive or multi-step processes.
OpenAI recently introduced ChatGPT Agents within the ChatGPT. These agents work within the browser and are powered by GPT-4, with access to web browsing, file handling, code interpretation, and other advanced capabilities.
What makes ChatGPT Agents different?
ChatGPT Agents are designed to carry out complete tasks not just assist with thinking or writing.
Here is how they differ from other AI features:
Goal-focused: Agents work toward completing a defined task from start to finish, rather than just responding to individual prompts.
Autonomous action: They can take multi-step actions without being prompted at each stage.
Tool integration: Agents can use a range of built-in tools, including:
Web browsing
Code interpreter
File handling
APIs and third-party services (where configured)
Memory-aware: Agents can keep track of previous actions and make decisions based on what they’ve already done.
Human in the loop: They still check in for approvals or decisions where needed, especially when placing orders or confirming outputs.
This shift from passive assistants to active virtual co-workers marks an important step in how AI can transform task execution and productivity in the workplace.
Who can access ChatGPT Agents?
ChatGPT Agent is OpenAI’s latest premium feature for Plus, Pro, and Enterprise users. It combines three previously separate tools (Deep Research, Operator, and core language reasoning) into one integrated assistant.
Monthly usage limits vary by plan:
Plus: 40 messages
Pro: 400 messages
Team: 30 credits
You’ll also need to enable features such as browsing, file uploads, and tools under your settings to use agent capabilities.
A Walkthrough : Using a ChatGPT Agent to design and order stickers for business event
To show what a ChatGPT Agent can do in practice, we tested it with a real business task, preparing event merchandise for our next General Purpose: Introduction to AI for Businesses event.
The task:
We asked ChatGPT agent to create an illustration of a corgi in a playful, anime style, turn it into a square sticker design, and order 500 printed copies for delivery in the UK. This involved multiple steps, including image generation, print file formatting, finding a suitable supplier, confirming the design, and completing the order.
What the agent did:
Generated a corgi illustration in the correct style and format
Prepared a print-ready version of the design
Sourced a UK-based sticker printing service
Submitted the order and confirmed delivery to a business address
This was all completed from a single prompt, with no coding or design tools required.
You can watch the full walkthrough below:
Other ways to use ChatGPT Agents in day-to-day work
Once you’re comfortable with how agents work, you can begin applying them to other use cases. For example:
Marketing and events
Generate branded merchandise designs
Order flyers, business cards, or event signage
Research and reporting
Gather competitor insights from public websites
Compile summaries or data into formatted documents
Operations and admin
File service requests or bookings online
Handle routine supplier communications
To adapt an agent to your task:
Keep the goal specific
Provide relevant files or links
Clarify preferred formats or outcomes
The future of AI agents at work
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently said, “The most powerful productivity tools will be those you delegate to, not just those you use.”
ChatGPT agents represent a shift in how work is done. Instead of just assisting with thinking or writing, AI can now take care of entire tasks from research and planning to ordering and execution.
There are still some limitations. Agents may occasionally need clarification, and not every task can be completed without supervision. But the direction is clear as AI is becoming more capable of acting on our behalf in meaningful and reliable ways.
This offers a real opportunity for professionals to streamline their workflows without needing technical skills or custom software.
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