OpenAI’s new agent is a shot at Meta — but can it compete with free?
TL;DR
A pop-up shop for "dots," a personal assistant agent at OpenAI DevDay 2026. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images) | Getty Images At OpenAI's annual DevDay conference, the company pulled out all the stops to compete with its rivals - primarily Meta, whose Muse AI agent platform has seen early runaway success. CEO Sam Altman walked onstage to cheers and announced Dots, a "real-deal AI" agent powered by GPT-6 Astra, "inspired by the cool agents that we all watched in movies growing up.
Nauti's Take
The first test should target one concrete workflow, such as research, scheduling, or building a small interactive environment. Measure task reliability, cost per completed job, and control over personal data.
Until Dots is evaluated outside the launch demo and against free alternatives, small teams should treat it as an experiment rather than a platform decision.
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