This Open Source AI Is Scaring the Biggest Tech Companies

UI-TARS is a groundbreaking AI developed by ByteDance and Tsinghua University that visually navigates and controls computers and mobile devices, outperforming GPT-4o, OpenAI’s Operator, and Claude on multiple GUI benchmarks. It uses a pure vision-based approach to handle tasks like booking flights, installing software, and managing apps while adapting to errors through reflection tuning and iterative learning. With open-source availability, UI-TARS is reshaping hands-free computing by merging perception, reasoning, memory, and action into one powerful system.