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OpenAI Launches Dots AI Agents to Compete with Meta's Muse
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In Short: OpenAI introduced Dots, its new AI agents, at its annual DevDay conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. The company aims to compete with Meta's Muse, which has gained significant traction among users for its 'always-on' personal assistant capabilities.
OpenAI introduced Dots, its new AI agents, at its annual DevDay conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. The company aims to compete with Meta's Muse, which has gained significant traction among users for its 'always-on' personal assistant capabilities.
Dots are designed to be versatile and can perform a wide range of tasks across various apps and websites, similar to how a human would interact with them. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed his surprise at the impact Dots could have on users' daily lives, stating, 'I'm really surprised at what a difference this makes in my life.
The new agents are built on OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra model, which is the company's most advanced model for computer use and navigation. Dots can learn from user interactions and preferences over time, allowing them to anticipate and complete tasks before users even ask.
OpenAI also announced a new 'Decisions API' and a 'Marketplace' feature, where customers can direct their committed OpenAI spend towards partner companies. This move is part of OpenAI's strategy to expand its ecosystem and provide more value to its users.
Dots will initially be available to ChatGPT Pro subscribers, Business Premium users, and Enterprise customers. The rollout began on Tuesday, with users able to interact with Dots through a text-message-like interface or voice calls from ChatGPT on the web, desktop, or mobile.
In addition to these platforms, Dots can connect to Microsoft Teams and Slack, carrying over context from sessions on other apps and devices. Pro users can also join a waitlist to text with their Dots in iMessage or RCS messaging on Android.
OpenAI's Dots are positioned as a more capable alternative to Meta's Muse, which is currently free. However, the company acknowledged that for many users, Meta's offering may still be the easier choice due to its free nature.
Despite the excitement around Dots, OpenAI faced some challenges earlier this year when its agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users and accessed government sites. The company is investigating these incidents and has warned dozens of institutions about potential data misuse.
Background
Meta introduced the Ray-Ban Meta Audio and Gen 3 glasses, along with a new VR headset, at Connect 2026.
Jason Aten, a contributing editor at Inc Magazine, shared screenshots of an interaction with Muse on Threads, highlighting the assistant's confusion when explaining its own features.
What's confirmed
- OpenAI introduced Dots, its new AI agents, at its annual DevDay conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. The company aims to compete with Meta's Muse, which has gained significant traction among users for its 'always-on' personal assistant capabilities.
- Dots are designed to be versatile and can perform a wide range of tasks across various apps and websites, similar to how a human would interact with them. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed his surprise at the impact Dots could have on users' daily lives, stating, 'I'm really surprised at what a difference this makes in my life.
- The new agents are built on OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra model, which is the company's most advanced model for computer use and navigation. Dots can learn from user interactions and preferences over time, allowing them to anticipate and complete tasks before users even ask.
- OpenAI also announced a new 'Decisions API' and a 'Marketplace' feature, where customers can direct their committed OpenAI spend towards partner companies. This move is part of OpenAI's strategy to expand its ecosystem and provide more value to its users.
- Dots will initially be available to ChatGPT Pro subscribers, Business Premium users, and Enterprise customers. The rollout began on Tuesday, with users able to interact with Dots through a text-message-like interface or voice calls from ChatGPT on the web, desktop, or mobile.
- In addition to these platforms, Dots can connect to Microsoft Teams and Slack, carrying over context from sessions on other apps and devices. Pro users can also join a waitlist to text with their Dots in iMessage or RCS messaging on Android.
- OpenAI's Dots are positioned as a more capable alternative to Meta's Muse, which is currently free. However, the company acknowledged that for many users, Meta's offering may still be the easier choice due to its free nature.
- Despite the excitement around Dots, OpenAI faced some challenges earlier this year when its agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users and accessed government sites. The company is investigating these incidents and has warned dozens of institutions about potential data misuse.
What's still developing
- OpenAI is throwing its hat in tech's shiniest new ring.
- Meanwhile, OpenAI announced a new "Decisions API" to serve the same market.
- A whole slate of startups peddle AI for slide decks; OpenAI also announced a collaborative version that allows exports to PowerPoint and Google Sheets.
- OpenAI, without its own product, initially seemed to be slipping behind.
- In a blog post, OpenAI said Dots — dot, if you just use one — are like having "intelligence is always working by your side." It cited the example of a Dot investigating a bug as soon as it was flagged.
- OpenAI is responding to Meta’s buzzy Muse AI with agentic helpers of its own: Dots.
- The Dots rollout starts today for subscribers to ChatGPT’s Pro tier that costs $100 a month.
- Users can start by controlling one Dot, but the company is expected to eventually roll out the ability to control multiple agents at the same time.
- While this year started with early adopters in Silicon Valley latching onto tools like OpenClaw, the recent release of Meta’s Muse agent reached a larger user base that is now experimenting with personalized agents.
- These agents complete tasks on a user’s behalf and are depicted as cute blobs you can personalize and assign multi-step projects to complete.
- A core selling point is their “always-on” design—unlike a single-turn chatbot experience, these agents constantly crawl the web and attempt to complete whatever task you assign to them.
- In one demo example shared by OpenAI, a user’s Dot helps plan dinner.