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OpenAI Launches Dots, Always-On GPT-6 Astra Agents for ChatGPT

September 30, 2026 at 07:23 EDT

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OpenAI launched Dots, always-on agents in ChatGPT powered by GPT-6 Astra that can keep working between conversations, operate a cloud computer and connect to more than 4,000 apps. Announced at DevDay 2026 on September 29, the product moves ChatGPT further from a chat interface toward persistent delegated work.

September 29, 2026 · OpenAI

Dots Move Agents Into Always-On Work

Persistent GPT-6 Astra agents get their own cloud computer, connect to apps, and keep working between conversations. The promise is autonomous progress; the test is control.

24/7

Background availability

4,000+

App connections

Primary dot to start

1.2B

Weekly ChatGPT users

Scope risk rose in longer task chains

Moderate-scope-violation flags in a Dots evaluation roughly doubled when intervening tasks increased from five to ten.

How a dot is meant to work

Goal→Connected apps→Cloud work→Review

Why builders care

Long-running tasks, app context, PR preparation, research upkeep and work that can continue without constant prompting.

What remains hard

Access limits, usage accounting, consequential approvals, unofficial destination confusion and the risk that mistakes persist over time.

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