During OpenAI’s Dev Day event on Tuesday, the organization unveiled Dots, a fresh personal agentic assistant powered by GPT-6 Astra. The company characterizes Dots as “exceptionally proficient, always-active agents designed to manage everything.”

Unlike Codex or ChatGPT, Dots are designed to function independently of any particular hardware or interface, continuously pursuing user-established objectives in the background with minimal supervision.

“Today, you can begin with your main dot, give it a title, and personalize it,” OpenAI stated in an announcement post. “As time goes on, we anticipate groups of Dots collaborating on your behalf.”

Dots will become available starting Tuesday within ChatGPT, for Pro and Business Premium users in qualified markets. Users can initiate Dots from Codex or ChatGPT.

In its announcement, OpenAI imagines numerous applications for Dots. In one case, a software developer utilizes a dedicated dot to track customer feedback, applying bug fixes and requested features as needed. In another scenario, a scientist engages a dot to re-run analyses and explore unexpected results as experimental data emerges.

Users can communicate with Dots via Slack, Teams, and other organizational platforms, with text message support arriving soon.

OpenAI also foresees “specialist Dots” that take on defined tasks. Individual Dots can be equipped with specific identities, credentials, and tools through existing systems. OpenAI is currently collaborating with Microsoft to integrate into the company’s Agent 365 security measures.

Much of this capability was already achievable through Codex and similar agentic frameworks — but Dots consolidates those features into a new package with an emphasis on independent agentic actions.

The branding also showcases a playful, cartoonish character, akin to Meta’s recently launched Muse agent. The Dots resemble…well, dots. These little floating cartoons are a redesign for OpenAI’s software, and represent the latest effort by a company to make AI feel more approachable.