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opentable
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The OpenTable tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about Microsoft Copilot Actions using the OpenTable restaurant reservation platform as a test case for AI-driven web automation. Posts describe how Copilot navigates OpenTable in a cloud browser to book reservations, highlighting both the potential and current limitations of agentic AI. Key themes include the tool's ability to fill forms and click buttons, its struggles with web defenses and user verification, and the need for frequent human intervention. These threads evaluate whether Copilot Actions is ready for real-world use, focusing on its performance with OpenTable as a benchmark for broader AI agent capabilities.
I asked Microsoft’s Copilot to book a dinner reservation for me so it could prove the central promise of modern AI agents: act on my behalf, not just answer questions—and it mostly worked, but with enough caveats to make clear this technology is still in its experimental phase.
Background...
I asked Microsoft’s Copilot to make a dinner reservation for me, and it did—eventually—by opening a cloud-based browser, navigating OpenTable, filling forms and clicking buttons until a reservation appeared. The result is promising: Copilot Actions can perform real web tasks, but the experience...