OpenAI begins rolling out Dots, always-on agents in ChatGPT

Many accounts criticized OpenAI's DevDay announcements like Dots and GPT-6.1 SOL for favoring high-price plans while ignoring $20 users, plus regional blocks and usage cuts, while some praised the Slack integration.

Based on 625 sentiment-bearing replies from 562 accounts across 3 conversations.

Users choose which apps to connect. OpenAI says Custom Rules can allow specific actions, require approval or block them, while built-in safety requirements continue to apply. Activity View lets users follow background work and redirect the agent.

The announcement draws a distinction between acting on a task and looking for ways to help. When a user is not actively working with a Dot, its “proactive research” uses read-only tools in already connected apps. OpenAI says those tools cannot send messages, change app content or control a browser or computer.

That restriction applies to proactive research, not every task a Dot can perform. The company describes action review against the user’s instructions, Custom Rules and safety requirements, and says some sensitive tasks, such as changing a password, stay with the user.

Included access has limits

A first Dot is included in Pro or Business Premium at no extra cost. The plans include an allowance for deeper work, with extended limits for the first month after launch.

Conversations with a Dot do not count toward ChatGPT usage limits, OpenAI says. But tasks it starts or manages in Codex or ChatGPT Work count toward those products’ usage limits as usual.

Many accounts criticized OpenAI's DevDay announcements like Dots and GPT-6.1 SOL for favoring high-price plans while ignoring $20 users, plus regional blocks and usage cuts, while some praised the Slack integration.

Based on 625 sentiment-bearing replies from 562 accounts across 3 conversations.