#computer-use

Browser agents now handle read-only marketing tasks like audits and competitor pulls, but fail on gated writes. The use cases that work and the spend red line.

Five browser-control agents compared — Playwright + Claude, Stagehand, Browserbase, Anthropic Computer Use, OpenAI CUA. Reliability, cost, and DX data.

Head-to-head: GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.7 on agentic coding, computer use, 1M context, pricing, and the right model for each production workload.

OpenAI's GPT-5.5 ships April 23, 2026 with 1M context, Thinking and Pro variants, 82.7% Terminal-Bench, and same latency as GPT-5.4. Pricing inside.

OpenAI Codex Desktop v26.415 shipped April 16 with background computer use and 90+ plugins. Figma, Notion, GitHub. Benchmark head-to-head vs Claude Code.

OpenAI's April 16 Codex update — background Computer Use, in-app browser, gpt-image-1.5, and 90+ plugins pushing Codex beyond coding to full workflow control.

GPT-5.4 ships three variants: Standard, Thinking, and Pro. Native computer use, 1M context, tool search, and 33% fewer factual errors. Complete guide.

OpenAI releases GPT-5.4 with native computer use, 1M context, and tool search reducing tokens by 47%. Complete benchmarks, pricing, and developer guide.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores 72.5% on OSWorld and 79.6% on SWE-bench Verified at $3/$15M tokens. Complete benchmarks, coding, computer use, and pricing guide.

Automate marketing with Gemini 2.5 Computer Use released October 2025. Browser automation, UI control, SEO workflows. Complete tutorial with AI Studio setup.

Automate desktop tasks with Claude Computer Use using current beta headers, tool versions, screenshot costs, coordinate mapping, and VM safety guidance.