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Agents · Updated 27 Oct, 07:30 am IST

OpenAI launches 'dots' always-on assistant inside ChatGPT apps

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Why it matters for readers: If you're curious, dots is a new kind of AI assistant that stays active in the background and links to your other apps to help with work.

  • OpenAI revealed dots as its assistant offering at its developer day in late September.1
  • Dots is integrated into the ChatGPT desktop and mobile apps and is available to subscribers on the Pro tier or higher.1
  • Pro-tier plans that include dots start at $100 per month.1
  • The assistant runs continuously in the background and, when connected to calendar, email, computer and other tools, tries to help users get work done.1
  • Alexander Embiricos of OpenAI described a design goal of framing the assistant as a single conversational entity rather than many separate conversations.1

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