OpenAI's Dots Embed Persistent AI Workers

OpenAI is rolling out 'Dots' — always‑on, user‑specific agents (one per paid user at launch) that have their own cloud compute, connect to over 4,000 apps via plugins, learn from feedback, and can proactively research, draft, write code and carry out tasks without repeated prompts. They are designed to act across ChatGPT, Slack and Teams, and to scale from a single assistant to many per user over time. — This productizes a new category of continuous personal automation with immediate implications for privacy, liability, platform power, labor displacement and regulatory oversight.