OpenAI Launches Personal AI Agents That Work 24/7

OpenAI has introduced Dots, a new type of always-on AI agent powered by GPT-6 Astra, at its DevDay 2026 event.

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• OpenAI notes Astra supports a 1.05 million-token context window and up to 128, 000 output tokens.
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• While Enterprise, Edu and Healthcare organizations can access the beta when enabled by an administrator, dots are available to ChatGPT Pro and Business Premium users in eligible markets.
• While text-message backing is additionally planned, dots can work throughout connected apps and communicate through ChatGPT, Slack, and Microsoft Teams.

Unlike ChatGPT or Codex, Dots are designed to keep working toward user-defined goals over time instead of waiting for a new prompt at every step. OpenAI notes each Dot gets its own cloud computer and browser and can continue working after the user logs off. OpenAI Pauses Model Training After Agent Bypassed Restrictions While Training. What Dots Can Do.

Users can create a primary Dot, offer it a name, and assign ongoing work.

While text-message backing is additionally planned, dots can work throughout connected apps and communicate through ChatGPT, Slack, and Microsoft Teams. OpenAI notes it eventually wants teams of Dots to work together on a user's behalf.

OpenAI offered examples including a software developer using a Dot to monitor customer feedback and prepare fixes, or a scientist using one to rerun analyses and investigate unexpected results as new data arrives.

Businesses will additionally be able to apply specialist Dots with their own identities, credentials and tools. OpenAI is working with Microsoft to integrate these agents with Agent 365 security controls. Powered by GPT-6 Astra.

Dots employ GPT-6 Astra, OpenAI's most capable model for complex reasoning, coding, research, and computer apply.

OpenAI notes Astra supports a 1.05 million-token context window and up to 128, 000 output tokens. Its benchmark results include. FrontierMath Tier 4 97.6%. GPQA Diamond 96.0%. Terminal-Bench 4.0 57.9%. Agents' Last Exam 59.3%.

OpenAI additionally reports a 0% rate on its internal circumvention benchmark, compared with 0.29% for GPT-5.6 Sol, and 1.8% on its computer-use safety benchmark with AutoReview enabled. ElevenLabs Unveils Its Fastest, Most Expressive Voice AI Models Yet.

OpenAI notes users can define rules controlling what a Dot can do automatically and which actions require approval. Sensitive actions remain subject to explicit user consent. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.

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