The Shift From Chatbots to Always-On Agents Gets a Product Name: OpenAI's 'dots'
OpenAI's 'dots' is being described as a 24/7 agent inside ChatGPT that does proactive research on your behalf — part of a broader move from reactive assistants to persistent, autonomous workers.
OpenAI appears to be shipping the product version of a trend the industry has been circling for a year: the persistent, proactive agent. @vibecodingth described 'dots' as an AI agent inside ChatGPT that works on your behalf around the clock, conducting research proactively rather than waiting for a prompt. The distinction between proactive and reactive is the whole point — a chatbot responds; an agent initiates.
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