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23 references across official guides, reporting, video, interviews and community discussion. Read each entry’s review limits.

23 sources
Official2026-09-29

Introducing dots

OpenAI

The launch announcement: personal agents, cloud computers, connected apps, and specialist enterprise pilots.

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OfficialLiving documentation

Getting started with your dot

OpenAI Help Center

Setup, plan and regional availability, mobile support, and everyday controls. A living help article.

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OfficialLiving documentation

Privacy, security, and safety FAQs

OpenAI Help Center

Answers about permissions, retained context, memory, data use, and approvals.

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Official2026-09-29

How OpenAI builds safeguards into dots

OpenAI

How isolated workspaces, secure sign-in, monitoring, and action checks work together.

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OfficialLiving documentation

Manage dots in ChatGPT workspaces

OpenAI Help Center

The administrator reference for enterprise access, cloud capabilities, and messaging permissions.

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OfficialLiving documentation

Auto-review

ChatGPT Learn

Documentation for the separate system that reviews actions before they run.

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Official2026-09-29

DevDay 2026 recap

OpenAI

The official event hub puts the Dots announcement in its wider product context.

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Reporting2026-09-29

OpenAI debuts dots, its assistant to take on Muse

Axios

Launch reporting and the competitive context. Search-index summary reviewed; full-page retrieval was unavailable.

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Reporting2026-09-29

Altman unveils an always-on AI agent

Associated Press

An independent news report on the announcement. Search-index summary reviewed; full-page retrieval was unavailable.

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Community2026-09-29

The launch-day community conversation

Reddit · r/codex

A skeptical discussion about value and usage. Individual opinions, not verified pricing or a representative survey.

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OfficialLiving documentation

The Dots handbook

ChatGPT Learn

A broad guide to ongoing work, connections and review, with illustrative workflows for sales, content, launches and research.

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OfficialLiving documentation

Setup and first responsibilities

ChatGPT Learn

A step-by-step introduction, including an offsite-planning example and how to define follow-ups.

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OfficialLiving documentation

Messaging, calls and shared channels

ChatGPT Learn

How to reach a dot across ChatGPT, Slack and Teams. Adding a channel is distinct from authorizing monitoring or sharing.

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OfficialLiving documentation

Tasks, schedules and memory

ChatGPT Learn

Explains delegated tasks, recurring schedules, supported event monitoring, and context that carries across conversations.

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OfficialLiving documentation

Cloud computers, local devices and apps

ChatGPT Learn

Connection requirements, separate browser sessions and private sign-in. Only one personal computer can be connected at a time.

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OfficialLiving documentation

Review, pause and stop work

ChatGPT Learn

Main-task pause, delegated-task stop and schedule cancellation are separate controls. Includes optional custom rules.

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OfficialLiving documentation

System card: the Dots appendix

OpenAI Deployment Safety

The Dots appendix discusses robustness and long-running evaluation. These evaluations are not customer outcomes or production uptime measurements.

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Official2026-09-29

DevDay 2026 keynote replay

OpenAI · YouTube

The official full-keynote video. Title and OpenAI channel attribution verified through YouTube metadata; we have not reviewed the full recording.

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Official2026-09-29

The Dots launch post

OpenAI · X

Launch-post reference verified in the 9to5Mac article’s embed. Direct X retrieval was unavailable; no replies or engagement metrics were reviewed.

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Reporting2026-09-29

DevDay, as observed from the room

Simon Willison

First-hand event notes on API migration, the fictional music-app demo, live-call delays and mobile setup. The author disclosed a free ticket and creator seating.

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Reporting2026-09-29

DevDay launch roundup and official embeds

9to5Mac · Zac Hall

Event reporting with the official livestream and launch social post. Useful as an entry point; it is not an independent Dots performance test.

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Interview2026-09-29

DevDay interviews: people building Dots

TBPN

Episode notes point to Alexander Embiricos at 25:17 and Tibo Sottiaux at 01:16:22. Chapter descriptions reviewed; the full audio was not transcribed or checked.

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Community2026-09-29

Launch discussion: long-running agents

Reddit · r/OpenAI

A discussion of delegation, value and expectations. Comments are individual reactions; they do not establish reliability, pricing or long-term success.

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Product details rely on official documentation. Video metadata, embedded social references and podcast chapter notes are labeled separately from full-text reading. Axios and AP entries rely on search-index summaries. Reports and comments are not independent performance verification.
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