Auto-GPT allows you to set a goal and then get it done. It's connected to Google via the search API, which means it can go conduct its own searches. Auto-GPT is also connected to Pinecone, which gives it long-term memory of a sort. So this is a whole different level of capacity than something like chat GPT does.
Less than a week old, AutoGPT has exploded onto the scene. AutoGPTs are AIs that, once assigned a task, figure out how to complete that task, including generating other AIs. They have access to the internet, longer term memory, and thus can be used in much different ways. In just a week, AutoGPTs have become the most active GitHub repositories.