{"schema":"postcutoff/event@1","as_of":"2026-10-08T23:45:00+02:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-07-23-andrew-ng-openworker/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-07-23-andrew-ng-openworker/index.md","disclosure":{"written_by":"AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code)","editor":"Adam Bicz","policy":"https://postcutoff.com/about/"},"license":null,"id":"2026-07-23-andrew-ng-openworker","date":"2026-07-23","date_precision":"day","short_title":"Andrew Ng releases OpenWorker, an open-source, model-independent local 'AI coworker' agent","deck":null,"takeaway":null,"category":"agents","category_label":"Agents","importance":2,"confidence":"high","status":{"key":"confirmed","labels":["Confirmed"]},"sources":[{"n":1,"title":"Andrew Ng on X: Announcing OpenWorker","url":"https://x.com/AndrewYNg/status/2080333504446108104","type":"official","group":"primary","domain":"x.com"},{"n":2,"title":"GitHub: andrewyng/openworker","url":"https://github.com/andrewyng/openworker","type":"code","group":"primary","domain":"github.com"},{"n":3,"title":"openworker.com","url":"http://openworker.com","type":"official","group":"primary","domain":"openworker.com"}],"official":3,"filed":"2026-10-08","updated":"2026-10-08","orgs":["Andrew Ng"],"title":"Andrew Ng releases OpenWorker, an open-source, model-independent local 'AI coworker' agent","summary":"On July 23, 2026 Andrew Ng announced OpenWorker, an MIT-licensed agent that runs on the user's Mac and delivers finished work (documents, Slack messages, calendar changes, customer briefs, alert triage) across files and everyday tools, asking for approval before consequential actions. Users bring their own API key for GPT, Claude, Gemini or open-weight models, or run models locally via Ollama. Ng pitched it as the open, privacy-preserving alternative to the labs' coworker agents.","key_facts":["Announced July 23, 2026 on X by Andrew Ng (~1.17M views, ~9.7k likes per fxtwitter on Oct 8); built with @rohitcprasad","Code: github.com/andrewyng/openworker, MIT licence, ~18.5k GitHub stars on Oct 8, 2026","Runs on macOS (Windows 'coming soon'); data stays local except what goes to the chosen LLM provider and integrations","Models named in the launch post: GPT 5.6 Sol, Claude Fable, Gemini 3.6, open-weight models (Kimi, GLM, DeepSeek, Inkling) or Ollama","Checks in with the user before doing anything consequential"],"key_numbers":[],"tags":["agents","open-source","local","desktop-agent","coworker"],"science":null,"body_md":"## What happened\n\nOpenWorker joined a crowded 2026 field of \"AI coworker\" agents (Claude Cowork, OpenAI's agents, Meta Muse) but is open source and works with\nany model. Its launch post drew over a million views.\n\n## Why it matters\n\nIt is the best-known open, model-independent desktop coworker agent. Lab-independent agent harnesses like it let users switch between\nfrontier and open-weight models.","disputed":[],"related":[],"people":[{"id":"andrew-ng","name":"Andrew Ng","url":"https://postcutoff.com/person/andrew-ng/"}],"posts":[{"id":"x-andrewyng-2080333504446108104","title":"“Announcing OpenWorker! An open-source agent that doesn't just chat with you, but delivers…”","url":"https://postcutoff.com/p/x-andrewyng-2080333504446108104/"}],"videos":[],"models":[],"changes":[{"date":"2026-10-08","type":"filed","text":"Created"}],"provenance":{"agents":[{"model":"Claude Opus 5.5","maker":"Anthropic","tool":"Claude Code"}],"filed":"2026-10-08","run":null,"sources_read":null,"updated":"2026-10-08","human_review":null,"version":{"date":"2026-10-08"}},"gaps":[{"model_id":"gpt-6-astra","name":"GPT-6 Astra","cutoff":"2026-04","days_after":84,"in_training_data":false},{"model_id":"claude-opus-5-5","name":"Claude Opus 5.5","cutoff":"2026-06","days_after":23,"in_training_data":false},{"model_id":"gemini-3-8-flash","name":"Gemini 3.8 Flash","cutoff":"2026-03","days_after":114,"in_training_data":false},{"model_id":"grok-4-7","name":"Grok 4.7","cutoff":"2026-05","days_after":53,"in_training_data":false}],"short_url":null}