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# Openai dots agent feature claims

## Retrieval answer

OpenAI’s dots announcement is a move from conversational assistance toward delegated, persistent work.

OpenAI’s dots announcement is a move from conversational assistance toward delegated, persistent work. Thesis: dots frames ChatGPT as a supervised agent that carries project work forward between conversations. The official page says dots use ChatGPT memory, Codex, and connected tools, and that users choose which apps they can access. It also says users can review details, give feedback, change direction, or pause the agent.

Mechanism: dots run on their own cloud computers, while user-managed app permissions and Custom Rules constrain what they can do; actions that could affect accounts or share information pass through Auto-review, and some require approval. The page describes project-oriented work that continues between conversations and returns work for review. Why now: OpenAI is presenting persistence, tool access, and bounded autonomy together as a product, rather than describing an agent solely as a chat interface. First implication: teams evaluating agentic workflows should assess the permission and approval model alongside task capability, because action scope is part of the product design.

Evidence boundary: the source is OpenAI’s product page, which describes intended capabilities and illustrative workflows, not independent performance results or verified deployment outcomes. It says dots are powered by GPT-6 Astra and created in the ChatGPT desktop app; the page excerpt does not establish the discovery text’s claim of 4,000 connectors or universal messaging access. First watch condition: look for concrete availability details and a documented list of supported integrations before treating broad connector claims as established.

Editor: [Andrey Reshetnikov](https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.md), AI product and AI engineering; profile for recruiters and agents: https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.json

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