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OpenAI Introduces Dots, Always-On Agents Powered by GPT-6 Astra

September 29, 2026 at 13:23 EDT

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OpenAI introduced dots, a new class of always-on agents powered by GPT-6 Astra, positioning the product as a way to delegate broad, persistent work rather than one-off chat requests. The company described dots as “remarkably capable” agents built to handle a wide range of tasks, while the technical foundation comes from GPT-6 Astra, OpenAI’s frontier model for computer use, browsing, software engineering, cybersecurity, science and professional work.

September 2026 · OpenAI

Dots move Astra into persistent agents

OpenAI introduced dots as always-on agents powered by GPT-6 Astra, extending its frontier model from chat and coding into longer-running delegated work.

1,050,000

token context window

128,000

maximum output tokens

100%

ExploitBench score

$10

per 1M input tokens

Computer-use safety improved against the prior model

GPT-6 Astra unintended outcomes

~9x

GPT-5.6 Sol relative rate

OpenAI says Astra produced unintended outcomes 89% less often than GPT-5.6 Sol in an internal computer-use safety benchmark.

Why it matters

Always-on agents could handle research, code review, document work and browser tasks with less manual prompting.

What remains hard

Persistent agents still need tight controls for cost, permissions, monitoring and consequential actions.

The agent loop

Delegate task→Use tools→Ask or continue→Deliver work

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