Bots that can do everyday tasks like booking flights and filling out expense reports are on the rise

ChatGPT, a chatbot that answers natural language queries, has been released last year .

The idea that it might finally be possible to build broadly capable and intelligent AI agents gathered steam among programmers and entrepreneurs.

The hope is that within a year or two , these AI agents will routinely help people accomplish everyday chores.

Some AI scientists see developing more capable and independent agents as a dangerous path.

Others believe that agents can be built safely and that this might serve as a foundation for safer progress in AI altogether.

Imbue is developing agents capable of browsing the web or using a computer, but it is also testing out techniques for making them safer with coding tasks.