@axiaisacat: ByteDance has open-sourced an AI called UI-TARS that can directly control your computer. It is open-source, free, and runs locally. You tell it using natural language: 'Book me the earliest flight from San Francisco to New York on September 1st on Priceline', 'Set the auto-save delay in VS Code to 500ms', '...'

ByteDance has open-sourced an AI capable of directly controlling your computer, called UI-TARS. It is open-source, free, and runs locally. You instruct it using natural language: 'Book the earliest flight from San Francisco to New York on September 1st on Priceline' 'Set the auto-save delay in VS Code to 500 milliseconds' 'Check the weather in Hangzhou for this month and generate a chart' It doesn't just write code for you; it looks at your screen and operates the mouse and keyboard itself. It can control both browsers and desktop applications, with full MCP tool integration. Choose from model sizes of 2B, 7B, or 72B, running locally. Anthropic's Computer Use requires payment, and OpenAI's Operator requires a subscription. ByteDance has open-sourced the entire tech stack. This is arguably one of the most sincere open-source projects from a major Chinese tech company—there really isn't another like it.