Trendingby GlyphComputer use
Rising · emerged October 2024 · high October 2026 · -16% on the month before · 36 mentions on Trending in 14 days
Agents that operate a computer the way a person does, reading the screen and moving the mouse and keyboard. Named by Anthropic: Introducing computer use, a new Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Claude 3.5 Haiku (Oct 22, 2024). Also called Computer-use agents, Operator agents, GUI agents, Browser use.
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Signals
Hacker News stories, last 12 months145 stories, +42% on the 12 months before
arXiv papers, last 12 months362 papers, +122% on the 12 months before
Product releases naming it27 since Feb 19, 2026GitHub repositories7,191| Signal | Reads as | |
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| Hacker News stories, last 12 months145 stories, +42% on the 12 months before | 145 stories, +42% on the 12 months before | Adoption |
| arXiv papers, last 12 months362 papers, +122% on the 12 months before | 362 papers, +122% on the 12 months before | Adoption |
| Product releases naming it27 since Feb 19, 2026 | 27 since Feb 19, 2026 | Adoption |
| GitHub repositories7,191 | 7,191 | Adoption |
Companies
Releases
27 releases since Feb 19, 2026
OpenAI GPT-6.1 Terra is now generally available on Amazon BedrockAWS| Name | |
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| OpenAI GPT-6.1 Terra is now generally available on Amazon BedrockAWS · Oct 26, 2026 2 weeks ago | Oct 26, 20262 weeks ago |
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Papers
GitHub projects
7,191 repositoriesfeder-cr/invisible_playwright_mcpYour AI agent browses the web without captchas: self-hosted Python MCP server on undetected anti-detect stealth Firefox, for browser automattrycua/cuaScale computer-use 2.0 with open-source drivers, cross-OS fleets, and benchmarks for training, evaluation, and data generation.NanmiCoder/cc-hahaLocal-first cross-platform desktop workspace for Claude Code / agents: multi-agent, Git worktrees, code diffs, skill marketplace, multi-modego-vgo/robotgoRobotGo, Go Native cross-platform RPA, GUI automation, Auto test and Computer use @vcaesarCursorTouch/Windows-MCPMCP Server for Computer Use in Windowsmicrosoft/faraFara1.5 – A family of frontier computer use agent models
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| feder-cr/invisible_playwright_mcpYour AI agent browses the web without captchas: self-hosted Python MCP server on undetected anti-detect stealth Firefox, for browser automat · Aug 4, 2024 2 years ago | Aug 4, 20242 years ago | 31,653 |
| trycua/cuaScale computer-use 2.0 with open-source drivers, cross-OS fleets, and benchmarks for training, evaluation, and data generation. · Jan 31, 2025 1 year ago | Jan 31, 20251 year ago | 26,273 |
| NanmiCoder/cc-hahaLocal-first cross-platform desktop workspace for Claude Code / agents: multi-agent, Git worktrees, code diffs, skill marketplace, multi-mode · Mar 31, 2026 7 months ago | Mar 31, 20267 months ago | 14,702 |
| go-vgo/robotgoRobotGo, Go Native cross-platform RPA, GUI automation, Auto test and Computer use @vcaesar · Sep 26, 2016 10 years ago | Sep 26, 201610 years ago | 10,820 |
| CursorTouch/Windows-MCPMCP Server for Computer Use in Windows · May 13, 2025 1 year ago | May 13, 20251 year ago | 7,155 |
| microsoft/faraFara1.5 – A family of frontier computer use agent models · Oct 29, 2025 1 year ago | Oct 29, 20251 year ago | 6,192 |
Related movements
AI agentsModels that plan and act in steps, calling tools and other services until a task is done.AI browsersWeb browsers with an assistant or agent built in that reads pages and does tasks on them for you.Multimodal AIModels that read and write more than text: images, audio and video in the same model.
| Movement | Stage |
|---|---|
| AI agentsModels that plan and act in steps, calling tools and other services until a task is done. | Rising |
| AI browsersWeb browsers with an assistant or agent built in that reads pages and does tasks on them for you. | Plateau |
| Multimodal AIModels that read and write more than text: images, audio and video in the same model. | Peak |
History
Stage changed from peak to rising
Stage changed from plateau to peak
Tracking started: emerged October 2024, plateau, 4 other names recorded
| Date | What changed |
|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2026 | Stage changed from peak to rising |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Stage changed from plateau to peak |
| Sep 24, 2026 | Tracking started: emerged October 2024, plateau, 4 other names recorded |
Sources: Curve: Hacker News story titles, Wikipedia pageviews and arXiv papers by month, refreshed Nov 1, 2026. Related entities from the other Glyph Ibis sources' public APIs, matched by name. How stages work.