GoKawiilOpenAI Launches Dots, Always-On AI Agents Powered by GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI unveiled Dots at its DevDay 2026 event in San Francisco, introducing persistent AI agents that run on the company's GPT-6 Astra model. The agents continuously monitor connected apps and the web to handle multi-step tasks like ordering food or building websites, and can be reached via ChatGPT, Slack, Microsoft Teams, with iMessage and RCS access coming to Pro users on a waitlist. Dots is rolling out first to ChatGPT Pro subscribers paying $100 a month, initially limited to controlling one agent at a time.
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The always-on, proactive design marks a shift from reactive chatbots toward agents that act independently based on accumulated user context, which could deepen reliance on OpenAI's ecosystem across messaging and productivity tools. Launching the feature behind a premium $100/month tier suggests OpenAI may be testing willingness to pay for autonomous agent capabilities before wider release. The comparison to Meta's Muse points to an emerging competitive race among major AI labs to define what persistent, personalized agents look like.
- Dots are always-on AI agents built on OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra model, announced at DevDay 2026.
- They integrate with ChatGPT, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and eventually iMessage/RCS for Pro users.
- Rollout begins with the $100/month ChatGPT Pro tier, starting with single-agent control before multi-agent support.
Source: wired.com — Reece Rogers, 2026-09-29
Published there as: “OpenAI’s Dots Are Always-On AI Agents—and Its Answer to Meta’s Muse”
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