AI Images · 29 Sep 2026 · 19:46 CEST
Jax’s PickOpenAI launches Dots, its Muse competitor
What happened
OpenAI announced Dots on 29 September: always-on agents that work across connected apps using their own cloud computer. Users can message or call them through ChatGPT and reach them in Slack or Teams. The rollout starts with Pro and Business Premium users in eligible markets, with an Enterprise beta available when enabled by a workspace administrator.
Why it matters
For founders and small teams, the useful question is whether an agent can finish a recurring workflow with less supervision. Preparing launch materials or turning interview transcripts into content could save time, but checking the output still takes work. App access, approval rules and the time spent correcting mistakes will determine whether this is useful in practice.
What to do next
If you have access, test one recurring task for a week, for example, drafting posts from an interview transcript with approval required before anything is sent or published. Compare time saved with review and correction time.
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Further context
Dots are always-on AI assistants that OpenAI says can ‘do nearly anything’ using a cloud computer and connected apps.
Dots are always-on AI assistants that OpenAI says can ‘do nearly anything’ using a cloud computer and connected apps.
OpenAI is responding to Meta’s buzzy Muse AI with agentic helpers of its own: Dots. During its DevDay keynote on Tuesday, OpenAI announced that Dots will serve as always-on AI assistants that can “do nearly anything” across connected apps in the background while learning your preferences over time.
The company’s capable GPT-6 Astra model powers Dots, which use their own cloud computer to access a web browser and more than 4,000 supported apps. You can interact with a Dot through a text-message-like interface that’s similar to the one offered by Muse, as well as hop on a voice call with it from ChatGPT on the web, desktop, or mobile.
Dots can also connect to Microsoft Teams and Slack, where they will carry over the context from your sessions on other
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The Verge AI · 29 Sep 2026 · 19:46 CEST
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