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Why AI agents’ virtual computers may ditch the desktop look

The New Things’ Joanna Stern reports that AI agents like OpenAI’s Dot, Meta’s Muse and Instinct run on cloud virtual machines built to mimic human computers, complete with operating systems and browsers, even though agents don’t need human-style interfaces to work.

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