OpenAI announced Dots, always-on personal agents powered by GPT-6 Astra, at Dev Day on September 29, 2026, initially limited to pro-business and enterprise customers at one dot per user. Reporting since has filled in the architecture: each dot runs its own cloud Linux VM with full desktop apps and a browser, and GPT-6.1 Soul costs a fifth of Astra overall and a seventh for computer use. Specialist Dots for legal, marketing and accounting launch with partners including Harvey and Lagora, and OpenAI says it is working with standards bodies on agent attestation. The live demo had issues, and users now describe Dots as capable but dry, slow, opaque and less proactive than Muse.