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The Dawn of GUI Agent (arxiv.org)
3 points by omarsar on Nov 18, 2024 | hide | past | pdf | discuss on HN

In plain words: A new AI runs a computer by reading the screen and clicking and typing, turning plain instructions into desktop actions. On hand-designed tasks across many programs it handled whole jobs end to end, but stumbled on planning, precise actions, and checking its own work.

Abstract · The Dawn of GUI Agent: A Preliminary Case Study with Claude 3.5 Computer Use

The recently released model, Claude 3.5 Computer Use, stands out as the first frontier AI model to offer computer use in public beta as a graphical user interface (GUI) agent. As an early beta, its capability in the real-world complex environment remains unknown. In this case study to explore Claude 3.5 Computer Use, we curate and organize a collection of carefully designed tasks spanning a variety of domains and software. Observations from these cases demonstrate Claude 3.5 Computer Use's unprecedented ability in end-to-end language to desktop actions. Along with this study, we provide an out-of-the-box agent framework for deploying API-based GUI automation models with easy implementation. Our case studies aim to showcase a groundwork of capabilities and limitations of Claude 3.5 Computer Use with detailed analyses and bring to the fore questions about planning, action, and critic, which must be considered for future improvement. We hope this preliminary exploration will inspire future research into the GUI agent community. All the test cases in the paper can be tried through the project: https://github.com/showlab/computer_use_ootb.

Siyuan Hu, Mingyu Ouyang, Difei Gao, Mike Zheng Shou
arXiv:2411.10323 · cs.AI, cs.CL, cs.CV · submitted Nov 15, 2024
abstract · pdf · html · 40 pages, 21 figures, preprint

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