OpenAI’s Dots
John Voorhees:
Earlier this week, I was at OpenAI’s annual DevDay conference where it launched Dots, a personal agent that lives inside the ChatGPT app.
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Dots are persistent, cloud-based agents that use the plugins and other tools you’ve connected to ChatGPT, after you allow them to do so. Your Dot has its own virtual Linux computer to assist you with your work. And at first, your Dot, which is depicted by a colorful character you can customize, doesn’t have access to anything else. However, as you give your Dot tasks that need access to other tools, it will ask for your permission to access other tools.
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But being a cloud-based agent has its downsides, too. Out of the box, your Dot can’t access your computer’s files and apps. That’s easily fixed by clicking or tapping on your Dot and granting it access to your Mac, so it can use the Mac alongside its own VM.
Previously:
Unspecified Full Disk Access Screw Tightening
OpenClaw 2.0
Meta AI for Mac and Muse
Grok Bot
Siri AI Ships (But Still Beta)
ChatGPT Work and ChatGPT Classic
Claude Desktop App
Gemini App for Mac
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/10/09/openais-dots/
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