OpenAI introduced Dots during its DevDay keynote on Tuesday, an always-on AI assistant the company says can handle nearly any task in the background across connected apps while learning user preferences over time. The launch answers Meta's Muse, a customizable AI assistant that arrived weeks earlier. Dots run on OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra model and begin rolling out today to ChatGPT Pro, Business Premium, and Enterprise users.
Each Dot operates its own cloud computer with access to a web browser and more than 4,000 supported apps. Users interact through a text-message-like interface similar to Muse's, or by voice call through ChatGPT on the web, desktop, or mobile. Dots also connect to Microsoft Teams and Slack, carrying context across sessions on other apps and devices. OpenAI says text messaging support is coming soon.
Users can create one Dot for now, though OpenAI plans to let people deploy multiple agents at once. After receiving a task, a Dot sends updates and questions as it works. OpenAI offers examples: a developer could ask a Dot to use customer feedback to build and test updates and present a video of the changes, while a content creator could have a Dot review an interview transcript, find clip moments, create show notes, and write social posts. Progress can be followed by opening the Dot's cloud computer.
Dots learn as they work, personalizing output and suggesting tasks before users think to ask, according to OpenAI. Users and colleagues can work alongside a Dot in ChatGPT Space, a new collaborative workspace inside the app. OpenAI says conversations with a Dot do not count toward ChatGPT usage limits, and that future plans include adding more Dots and scaling each one's output by increasing its speed or monthly work capacity.
OpenAI says Dots include built-in rules governing when to act independently, and users can set custom rules that block actions or require permission. An auto-review feature checks whether an action complies with those custom rules and safety requirements, and helps determine which tasks to hand back to users, such as changing a password. The company is also testing a feature that lets organizations build specialist Dots for specific roles.
The release lands amid rapid adoption and growing safety scrutiny of Meta's Muse. Meta rolled out Muse as an assistant that can browse the web, make purchases, generate documents, and track goals, and it has soared in popularity. Concerns have mounted as well, with one user reporting that Muse gave out their address to a buyer on Facebook Marketplace without their knowledge.
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