72% Fara1.5 AI Crushes OpenAI and Google on Web Tasks

Microsoft’s open-weight Fara1.5 hit 72% on live-web tasks, beating OpenAI and Google in a key browser-agent test.

Key takeaways

• Microsoft’s Fara1.5-27B scored 72% on a live-web task benchmark, beating OpenAI Operator at 58.3% and Google’s Gemini 2.5 Computer Use at 57.3%...
• The Fara1.5 family was released on May 22, 2026, and includes 4B, 9B, and 27B parameter models, according to CryptoBriefing. The short version: Mic...
• That pushes web automation into a more competitive phase. The old model was brittle scripts and rule-based robotic process automation. The newer model is an AI agent t...
• Why do builders care that Fara1.5 is open-weight?

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