Intro to Hugging Face: For Open Computer AI Agents

Discover how to harness the power of Hugging Face’s new Open Computer Agent—a free, browser-based AI assistant designed to perform complex tasks with no coding required. Similar to OpenAI’s Operator, this powerful tool runs in a secure Linux virtual machine using the Qwen2-VL model and E2B Desktop, offering a seamless, cloud-hosted environment for advanced automation.

In this overview webinar, you'll get a sneak peek into an upcoming UCSC Extension AI Workshop | June 13.

Participants will get a glimpse of how to:

• Operate the Open Computer Agent
• Use natural language prompts for tasks like writing, summarizing, and navigating files
• Explore technical capabilities and limitations
• Connect the agent to Hugging Face Spaces
• Automate everyday tasks like sending emails or launching apps—all without writing code

Whether you're an educator, researcher, productivity enthusiast, or tech explorer, this webinar will show you how to turn AI into a practical digital assistant.

This session is co-sponsored by the UCSC Silicon Valley Professional Education Artificial Intelligence programs.