--- title: OpenAI president: “The computer should be there to... description: OpenAI president Greg Brockman argues that developers have been 'retooling the world' with MCP servers, CLIs, and APIs to make software accessible to AI... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-president-the-computer-should-be-there-to-empower-you-so-stop-retooling-software-for-ai-a-tjf9bowon twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI president: “The computer should be there to empower you.” So stop retooling software for AI agents | daily.dev og:description: OpenAI president Greg Brockman argues that developers have been 'retooling the world' with MCP servers, CLIs, and APIs to make software accessible to AI... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-president-the-computer-should-be-there-to-empower-you-so-stop-retooling-software-for-ai-a-tjf9bowon og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tjf9BoWon.png og:image:alt: OpenAI president: “The computer should be there to empower you.” So stop retooling software for AI agents og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI president: “The computer should be there to empower you.” So stop retooling software for AI agents **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenAI president Greg Brockman argues that developers have been 'retooling the world' with MCP servers, CLIs, and APIs to make software accessible to AI agents, and suggests computer use — agents operating screens like humans do — could eliminate the need for purpose-built integrations. He traces the idea back to OpenAI's 2015 founding plans and reinforcement learning experiments on screen pixels and keyboard/mouse input. Despite Brockman's enthusiasm, connector infrastructure is still expanding elsewhere: AWS recently launched a managed consent portal and session binding endpoint for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Gateway, and even OpenAI's own Codex still relies on plugins for services like Slack, Gmail, and GitHub rather than pure browser navigation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What does Greg Brockman think about the future of MCP servers and connectors for AI agents? OpenAI president Greg Brockman argues that developers have been 'retooling the world' by building MCP servers, CLIs, and APIs to make software accessible to AI agents in a way not meant for humans. He believes computer use, where agents interact with screen pixels, keyboard, and mouse like a human would, could remove the need for purpose-built integrations, framing simplicity as AI's north star. _Developers weighing MCP versus computer-use approaches follow this debate on daily.dev before committing to an integration strategy._ ### What did AWS launch for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Gateway in September 2026? AWS launched a managed consent portal along with a managed web experience and session binding endpoint for AgentCore Gateway, a capability of Amazon Bedrock AgentCore that connects agents to external tools and services. Administrators can configure targets like GitHub and Slack, then send developers a portal URL where they sign in with their corporate identity provider and connect those services independently. _Teams evaluating agent-to-tool connection options can track AgentCore Gateway updates like this on daily.dev._ ### Why does OpenAI Codex still use plugins instead of relying only on its Chrome extension for browser-based agent actions? OpenAI Codex still relies on plugins as the preferred route for working with services such as Slack, Gmail, and GitHub because plugins let the agent interact directly with those services without manually navigating their interfaces. This is despite Codex gaining a Chrome extension that lets it operate within live, authenticated browser sessions across multiple tabs. _Anyone building agent workflows with Codex can weigh plugin versus browser-navigation trade-offs using coverage like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AI Agents Are Growing an Infrastructure Layer](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-agents-are-growing-an-infrastructure-layer-jk8bjcch7) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#mcp](https://daily.dev/tags/mcp), [#amazon-bedrock](https://daily.dev/tags/amazon-bedrock) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-president-the-computer-should-be-there-to-empower-you-so-stop-retooling-software-for-ai-a-tjf9bowon) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"OpenAI president: “The computer should be there to empower you.” So stop retooling software for AI agents","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-president-the-computer-should-be-there-to-empower-you-so-stop-retooling-software-for-ai-a-tjf9bowon","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-president-the-computer-should-be-there-to-empower-you-so-stop-retooling-software-for-ai-a-tjf9bowon"},"datePublished":"2026-09-15T23:46:37.772Z","dateModified":"2026-09-17T16:41:28.530Z","description":"OpenAI president Greg Brockman argues that developers have been 'retooling the world' with MCP servers, CLIs, and APIs to make software accessible to AI...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a40ee614257b760cbe938d3c0e74377c?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a40ee614257b760cbe938d3c0e74377c?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The New Stack","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The New Stack","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/newstack","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-president-the-computer-should-be-there-to-empower-you-so-stop-retooling-software-for-ai-a-tjf9bowon","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai-agents,openai,mcp,amazon-bedrock","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The New Stack","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"OpenAI president: “The computer should be there to empower you.” So stop retooling software for AI agents"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-president-the-computer-should-be-there-to-empower-you-so-stop-retooling-software-for-ai-a-tjf9bowon#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What does Greg Brockman think about the future of MCP servers and connectors for AI agents?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"OpenAI president Greg Brockman argues that developers have been 'retooling the world' by building MCP servers, CLIs, and APIs to make software accessible to AI agents in a way not meant for humans. 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