OpenAI Unveils Always-On Work AI Agent 'Dots' ... Supports Phone Instructions and Work Briefings
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OpenAI unveiled AI agent 'dots' at DevDay 2026 in San Francisco on the 29th local time.
Dots is designed to learn a user's goals and work style, keep working when entrusted with a project, and provide a dedicated cloud computer and a dedicated browser.
OpenAI also announced more than 20 new features and products across ChatGPT, Codex, models, and developer tools, along with GPT-6.1 Sol, GPT-6 Astra Ultrafast, and Space, Pages, and Slide.
OpenAI unveiled AI agent 'dots' at 'DevDay 2026' in San Francisco on the 29th local time. At the event, OpenAI also announced more than 20 new features and products across ChatGPT, Codex, models, and developer tools, signaling a push toward an agent-centered work environment.
Dots is designed to learn a user's goals and work style, and to keep working when entrusted with a user's project. Dots is built with continuous task execution for multiple jobs and is implemented on top of GPT-6 Astra. It also provides a dedicated cloud computer and a dedicated browser.
Dots can handle one-off requests and repetitive work, and it also supports continuing work using connected tools. When needed, it can delegate some tasks to sub-agents. Users can check progress and adjust the direction of work in the middle of a task.
In addition to ChatGPT, dots can continue follow-up tasks through text messages, email, and Slack. Dots also supports phone instructions and work briefings.
Through plugins, dots connects with more than 4,000 apps, and if a user grants permission, it can carry out needed tasks on other devices such as laptops. As a result, dots has widened its reach to external services and multiple devices, allowing it to handle a broader range of tasks entrusted by users.
If the product launch schedule or scope changes, it can review the existing plan and related materials before preparing a revised draft in advance. Dots then proposes the revised draft to the user. However, even while the agent continues working, the user remains the final decision-maker for review and approval.
In line with this expansion of autonomous execution, users can talk with dots via messages and voice in ChatGPT on desktop, web, and mobile. They can also give new instructions by phone and receive briefings by phone on the results of previously delegated tasks.
Permission management features designed for long periods of autonomous operation are also being applied. Users can set rules for each task, and task-specific rules can allow certain actions. They can also require preapproval through task-specific rules, and if necessary, block execution entirely.
OpenAI said it applies an automatic review process in dots operations for tasks that could affect account and information sharing. It also said it separately assesses changes in permissions and task scope during long-running processes and applies related safeguards.
OpenAI said it limits direct handling of sensitive tasks such as password changes and operates in a way that requires users to perform them. Initial setup and app connections are carried out in the ChatGPT desktop app or browser, and after setup is complete, tasks can be assigned from mobile.
Dots will be rolled out first to ChatGPT Pro and Business Premium users. Enterprise users can access the beta version when workspace administrator features are enabled. The first dots add-on is free for Pro and Business Premium plans.
OpenAI also unveiled 'GPT-6.1 Sol' on the day. 'GPT-6.1 Sol' focuses on strengthening agent-based coding, computer use, and professional task performance compared with the existing GPT-6 Sol.
The company said GPT-6.1 Sol tied with GPT-6 Astra in 'DeepSWE v1.1,' a benchmark for long-running software development tasks.
It also introduced 'GPT-6 Astra Ultrafast.' The model is speed-first and will be offered through the API and some ChatGPT Work and Codex plans.
The company plans to release GPT-6.1 Sol Ultrafast at a later date. OpenAI also expanded collaboration features.
OpenAI unveiled 'Space,' where multiple users, ChatGPT, and dots can work together in one place, and also unveiled 'Pages,' a document collaboration tool that can handle writing, research, chart creation, image creation, and information visualization. The company also announced plans to add 'Slide,' a presentation tool for collaborative work.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=407533
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