Dots are OpenAI's new personal agents and soon you'll be able to control several of them
News AI Dots are OpenAI's new personal agents and soon you'll be able to control several of them What could go wrong? 29, 2026 1:15 pm EST OpenAI Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover OpenAI's AI agents have landed it in hot water in recent weeks, so naturally the company is releasing agents nearly anyone can use to carry out tasks with minimal supervision. At its DevDay event in San Francisco today, the company announced Dots.
- ▪News AI Dots are OpenAI's new personal agents and soon you'll be able to control several of them What could go wrong?
- ▪29, 2026 1:15 pm EST OpenAI Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover OpenAI's AI agents have landed it in hot water in recent weeks, so naturally the company is releasing agents nearly anyone can use to carry out tasks with
- ▪At its DevDay event in San Francisco today, the company announced Dots.
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News AI Dots are OpenAI's new personal agents and soon you'll be able to control several of them What could go wrong? By Igor Bonifacic Sept. 29, 2026 1:15 pm EST OpenAI Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover OpenAI's AI agents have landed it in hot water in recent weeks, so naturally the company is releasing agents nearly anyone can use to carry out tasks with minimal supervision. At its DevDay event in San Francisco today, the company announced Dots. OpenAI is pitching Dots as proactive, always-on AI systems that can chip away at tasks for you every hour of the day. "The magic of dots is when they bring you work done the way you would do it, sometimes before you even think to ask," the company explains.
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