OpenAI launches dots, always-on agents

dots moves AI from answering prompts toward delegated, persistent work—but its success will depend more on reliability and permission controls than agent personality.

• –Dedicated cloud computers let dots continue research, coding, analysis, and content tasks without constant supervision.
• –Developers can delegate bug triage, implementation, testing, and pull-request preparation while retaining review control.
• –Connections to more than 4,000 apps make dots broadly useful, but also expand the blast radius of permission mistakes.
• –OpenAI’s approval gates, custom rules, activity monitoring, and read-only proactive research are essential safeguards, not optional polish.
• –The initial Pro, Business Premium, and Enterprise rollout positions dots as a premium power-user agent competing in an increasingly crowded market.