OpenAI is expanding the future of personal AI assistance with Dots, a new product designed to help people get things done across apps, websites, and everyday workflows. Announced during the company’s DevDay keynote, Dots are positioned as always-on agentic helpers that can learn preferences and act in the background.
Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra model, each Dot can use its own cloud computer to access a web browser and more than 4,000 supported apps. That means users could potentially delegate a wide range of digital tasks without needing to manually jump between services.
A more natural way to work with AI
OpenAI is making Dots accessible through a familiar text-message-like interface, while also supporting voice calls through ChatGPT on web, desktop, and mobile. The cute, customizable avatar approach makes the technology feel more approachable as AI agents become a bigger part of everyday computing.
- Productivity: Dots can help reduce repetitive app-switching and background task management.
- Personalization: The assistants are built to learn user preferences over time.
- Reach: Support for thousands of apps could make the tool useful across many workflows.
While AI assistants are becoming an increasingly competitive space, Dots represents another step toward practical, user-friendly AI agents that can handle real tasks. If widely adopted, tools like this could make digital work simpler, faster, and more personalized.