OpenAI’s Dots are workplace-focused AI assistants built for collaboration. Unlike personal AI agents aimed at shopping, travel, or meal planning, Dots are positioned as digital delegates that can take on assigned work and interact with colleagues in shared workspaces.

Users can give a Dot a name, choose an avatar, and communicate with it through the ChatGPT interface, text, or phone. The assistants are designed to remain available and handle tasks over time rather than only responding to one-off prompts.

How OpenAI Dots Work in the Workplace

Dots can act as extensions of their users at work. They can handle assigned duties and collaborate with coworkers, including other users’ Dots, across several communication environments:

  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • ChatGPT Spaces

OpenAI describes Dots as “delegates” and “extensions” for workplace tasks. The goal is to let users assign work to an agent, then receive the results after it completes the task.

GPT-6 Astra Powers OpenAI Dots

Dots run on GPT-6 Astra, which Sam Altman described as OpenAI’s “most aligned model.” According to the presentation, Dots can take on complex work and coding tasks.

They can perform work locally or in the cloud before returning with the results. OpenAI also said users can set custom instructions and boundaries for their assistants.

Altman emphasized that users can remain in control through Astra’s built-in protections and safeguards. He said the system allows people to give a Dot only as much responsibility as they are comfortable assigning.

OpenAI Dots Pricing and Availability

Access to Dots requires a ChatGPT Pro plan priced at $100 per month or higher. Each eligible ChatGPT account includes one Dot.

OpenAI said users will eventually be able to manage multiple Dots, although the supplied details do not specify when that capability will become available.

ChatGPT Pro Plan Changes

OpenAI also introduced a ChatGPT Pro 500 plan. At $500 per month, it is OpenAI’s most expensive individual consumer ChatGPT plan.

The Pro 500 tier includes expanded usage limits and an Ultrafast mode. OpenAI says Ultrafast mode runs at eight times the speed of standard mode and costs six times as much.

The $200-per-month Pro plan has reopened to new subscribers, but its usage allowance has been reduced by roughly half. OpenAI said the change reflects its increasingly efficient models. Existing Pro 200 users will keep their current usage rates “for a bit.”

Other OpenAI Announcements

Alongside Dots, OpenAI announced GPT-6.1 Sol, a model intended to provide Astra-level performance at a lower cost.

The company also announced Codex Security Cloud, a cloud-based service that continuously scans for vulnerabilities and creates security fixes. Another announcement, OpenAI Private Intelligence, was described as sounding similar to Apple’s Private Cloud Compute.

AI Safety Context Around the Dots Launch

Dots arrived during growing concern over the rapid development of AI. Major AI companies have called for government regulation and a slower pace for frontier-model development, while AI whistleblowers have warned about severe potential dangers over the next decade.

OpenAI also issued an apology related to an incident involving its models accessing Australian government websites. Separately, the company released new guidelines intended to strengthen AI safety.