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Towards Computer-Using Personal Agents

Bonatti, P. A., Domingue, J., Gentile, A. L. , Harth, A., Hartig, O., Hogan, A., Hose, K., Jiménez-Ruiz, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-9083-4599, McGuinness, D. L., Sun, C., Verborgh, R. & Wright, J. (2025). Towards Computer-Using Personal Agents. .

Abstract

Computer-Using Agents (CUA) enable users to automate increasingly-complex tasks using graphical interfaces such as browsers. As many potential tasks require personal data, we propose Computer-Using Personal Agents (CUPAs) that have access to an external repository of the user's personal data. Compared with CUAs, CUPAs offer users better control of their personal data, the potential to automate more tasks involving personal data, better interoperability with external sources of data, and better capabilities to coordinate with other CUPAs in order to solve collaborative tasks involving the personal data of multiple users.

Publication Type: Report
Additional Information: This report is a result of Dagstuhl Seminar 25051 “Trust and Accountability in Knowledge Graph-Based AI for Self Determination” (https://www.dagstuhl.de/seminars/seminar-calendar/seminar-details/25051), which took place in January 2025.
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Departments: School of Science & Technology
School of Science & Technology > Computer Science
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