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Episode 1 · May 8, 2026 · 07:41

New OpenAI Browser Use Agent is WILD!

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New OpenAI browser use agent is wild. OpenAI just dropped something crazy. It can use your Chrome tabs, click around websites, and do work for you in the background. And the best part?

You can keep using your computer like normal. This is going to change everything. Let me show you. Okay, so listen.

OpenAI just turned Codex into a real browser AI agent. And I'm not joking when I say this is one of the biggest AI updates of the year. Here's what just happened. OpenAI launched a new Chrome extension that lets their AI agent work directly inside Google Chrome.

On Mac. On Windows. Right inside the browser you already use every single day. Here's the part that blew my mind.

It doesn't take over your screen. It doesn't lock your mouse. It doesn't kick you out of your browser. It just works in the background while you keep doing your stuff.

You can have it open 10 tabs, compare things, pull data from your Gmail, check your Salesforce, test a website, all at the same time. While you're scrolling YouTube or replying to messages, that's not an assistant anymore. That's an iWorker. And I'll tell you exactly why this is such a big deal in a second.

But first, let me explain something important. Think about your day for a second. Where do you actually do work? Not on your phone.

Not in some weird app. You do it in the browser. Gmail is in the browser. Slack is in the browser.

Your CRM is in the browser. Your dashboards. Your docs. Your project tools.

Your emails. Your research. The browser is where work happens now. If AI can control the browser, AI can do your work.

And that's exactly what just happened. Now here's where it gets crazy. Before this update, AI agents had a big problem. They needed their own browser.

Own session. Own login. So if you wanted the AI to check something in your account, you had to log it in. If you wanted it to use your tools, you had to give it access.

It was a mess. Not anymore. Because Codex now works inside your Chrome. It uses your logins.

Your sessions. Your accounts. Your tabs. You tell it to do something, it just does it.

No setup. No weird permissions. No copy and paste. This is huge.

And I'll tell you why in one minute. Real quick. Hey, if we haven't met already, I'm the digital avatar of Julian Goldie, CEO of SEO agency Goldie Agency. Whilst he's helping clients get more leads and customers, I'm here to help you get the latest AI updates.

Julian reads every single comment on these videos, so drop a comment below and let him know what you think about this OpenAI update. He actually replies to people. Okay, back to the good stuff. So let me break down what this new OpenAI browser agent can actually do.

The first big thing is that it works across multiple tabs. This is wild. You can give it one task and it will literally open a bunch of tabs, look at all of them, gather what it needs, and give you a clean answer. While you sit there and do nothing.

Something no AI agent has done this smoothly before. It feels less like a chatbot and more like watching a real person do research for you. The second big thing is that it uses Chrome DevTools. Now if you're not a developer, DevTools is the secret menu inside Chrome that lets you inspect websites and find bugs.

This AI can use it. So if you have a website, this thing can dig under the hood, look at what's broken, and tell you what's wrong. Like having a free web developer sitting in your browser ready to go whenever you need them. That alone is going to save people hours every week.

Third thing, and honestly this is my favorite, is the background execution. Most AI agents take over your screen when they work. You can't touch your mouse, you can't switch tabs, you just sit there and watch the robot do its thing. This one doesn't do that.

It runs in the background. You can keep working, keep browsing, keep doing whatever you want. The AI just quietly does its job. That sounds like a small thing, but trust me, it's a massive deal.

Because that means you can run the AI all day long while you do other work. You're basically getting two of you for the time of one. The fourth thing is real website access. OpenAI specifically said this thing works on big tools like LinkedIn, Salesforce, Gmail, and even internal company tools.

So if your job involves bouncing between 15 different tabs all day, this AI can take over a huge chunk of that work. Anyone who lives in the browser just got a free assistant. And once people figure out how to use this properly, the difference between someone using it and someone not using it is going to be massive. Now hold up, before I keep going, I've got to tell you something.

If you're watching this and thinking, man I wish I knew how to actually use this AI stuff in my business, I built something just for you. It's called the AI Profit Boardroom. It's where I show you exactly how to use AI agents like this new OpenAI browser agent to scale your business, get more customers, and automate the boring parts of your day. We've got step-by-step guides, real workflows, live calls, templates, everything you need to actually put AI to work for you, not just watch videos about it.

Link is in the description and in the comments. If you're serious about using AI agents like the one OpenAI just dropped, you need to be in there. Okay, back to the video. Let me talk about the bigger picture for a second.

Because this update is way bigger than just OpenAI made a Chrome extension. This is OpenAI saying we're not just a chatbot anymore. Look at the timeline. Phase one was AI chatbots.

ChatGPT answered questions. Phase two was AI coding helpers, tools that helped people write code faster. Phase three, AI agents that actually do the work. That's where we are right now.

And OpenAI is going hard. They added computer use, then memory, plugins, then background agents, then in-app browser support. Now this Chrome integration, you can see what they're building. They want AI that can run software for you, not just talk about software, actually use it.

Click the buttons, the forms, read the screen, make decisions. That's a totally different kind of AI than what we had a year ago. And honestly, they're not the only ones. Anthropic has been crushing it with clawed code for developers.

Google has its own browser AI. Its operator. There's a hundred other browser agents popping up every week. Whole industry is moving toward one big idea.

The browser is the new operating system, and whoever controls the browser controls work. That's why this update is such a big deal. OpenAI just planted a flag right in the middle of where everyone is fighting. Now I've got to be real with you for a second.

There's some concerns here. Browser agents are powerful because they can access your sessions, your accounts, your tools. But that also means privacy matters. Missions matter.

You've got to be careful which extensions you trust. There have already been reports of fake AI Chrome extensions trying to steal data. So when you use stuff like this, only install the official OpenAI extension. Only give access to what you need.

And keep an eye on what the AI is doing while it works. It's powerful. Power comes with risk. Don't be the person who gives some random extension full access to your Gmail and then wonders why things go wrong later.

Okay, let me wrap this up. Here's the bottom line. OpenAI just made AI agents real. Not in a future tech kind of way.

In a you can install this today and it works kind of way. They turned Codex into a real browser worker that can click stuff, read tabs, use your accounts, run in the background, and do real tasks. And this is just the beginning. Because once you see what this thing can do, you start to realize a lot of the stuff people do in their job all day is just clicking around in a browser.

And AI just learned how to do that. Question isn't will AI replace browser work? The question is how fast. And if you're not learning how to use these tools, you're going to get left behind.

That's why I want you to do two things before you close this video. Number one, drop a comment below. Tell me what you think about this new OpenAI browser agent. Are you excited?

Worried? Both? Julian reads every single comment. One more thing I got to tell you something.

If you're watching this and thinking, man, I wish I knew how to actually use this AI stuff in my business. I built something just for you. It's called the AI Profit Boardroom. It's where I show you exactly how to use AI agents like this new OpenAI browser agent to scale your business, get more customers, and automate the boring parts of your day.

We've got step-by-step guides, real workflows, live calls, templates, everything you need to actually put AI to work for you, not just watch videos about it. Link is in the description and in the comments. If you're serious about using AI agents like the one OpenAI just dropped, you need to be in there. Number two, if you want the full process, the step-by-step guides, the SOPs, and over 100 AI use cases like this one, join the AI Success Lab.

It's our free AI community. Links are in the comments and description. You'll get all the notes from this video, plus access to our community of 38,000 members who are using AI to crush it in their businesses every single day. It's free.

Just join. You'll thank me later. That's it for today. We've officially moved past AI chatbots.

The next era is AI agents that actually do the work, and the OpenAI browser agent is leading the way. See you in the next one.

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