OpenAI’s new agent is a shot at Meta — but can it compete with free?
At OpenAI's annual DevDay conference, CEO Sam Altman walked onstage to cheers and announced Dots, an agent powered by GPT-6 Astra, according to The Verge. Altman described it as a "real-deal AI" agent that was "inspired by the cool agents that we all watched in movies growing up."
The Verge reports that OpenAI positioned the launch as a direct challenge to Meta, whose Muse AI agent platform has seen early runaway success. Like Muse, Dots is designed for disarming cuteness, taking the form of colorful, personalizable blobs with eyes, and a pop-up shop for "dots" appeared at the event.
According to the report, OpenAI demonstrated that Dots can act not only as a helpful assistant but also build metaverse-esque virtual worlds, a demonstration The Verge describes as a shot at Meta.
The report states that in one key area, Dots strikingly fa — the excerpt ends there. The Verge says the full story is available on its site.
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At OpenAI's annual DevDay conference, the company pulled out all the stops to compete with its rivals - primarily Meta, whose Muse AI agent platform has seen early runaway success. CEO Sam Altman walked onstage to cheers and announced Dots, a "real-deal AI" agent powered by GPT-6 Astra, "inspired by the cool agents that we […]