I Tested OpenAI's New Personal Assistant Agent: DOTS

Summary
Kevin from Futurepedia reviews and demonstrates OpenAI's newly announced personal assistant agent, "dots." He walks through setting up the agent from scratch, detailing its always-on capabilities, cross-system delegation across ChatGPT, Work, and Codex, integration with a dedicated cloud computer and local desktop, the new "Pages/Scratchpad" feature, and voice interaction.

What is shown

• [00:00 - 01:10] Overview of dots as an always-on, proactive assistant agent acting as an orchestrator bridging ChatGPT chat, Work sessions, Codex tasks, persistent cloud computing, and local computers.
• [01:18 - 02:46] Navigation to "Your dot" on the ChatGPT web/desktop sidebar, initial onboarding, avatar customization options (colors, icons, characters), and channel connections (Call, Email, Slack, dedicated cloud computer, and local computer access).
• [03:07 - 04:00] Testing dots via text prompt asking about its capabilities and role relative to ChatGPT, Work, and Codex. dots replies highlighting continuity and cross-tool orchestration.
• [04:01 - 05:07] Demonstration of the "Personal Scratchpad" and the Notion-like "Pages" document management feature, asking dots to generate a dedicated subpage for a dots launch video.
• [05:23 - 06:07] Multi-step agent delegation: instructing dots to draft three video intros in Work, evaluate and pick the best one, generate motion graphics in Codex using an existing custom skill, and start a YouTube thumbnail in a separate chat.
• [06:10 - 07:27] Testing voice mode over a phone call interface to search the web for magnetic wooden balancing stones/cairns; dots attempts to use its cloud browser, experiences an outage ("Computer unavailable"), and falls back to Codex's in-app browser to open Etsy product links.
• [07:46 - 08:55] Reviewing completed automated background tasks: the generated YouTube thumbnail, three written script intros in Work, and rendered 30-second motion graphics created in Codex with custom Remotion assets.
• [09:28 - 10:11] Setting up scheduled and recurring tasks: asking dots to watch OpenAI DevDay the next morning, monitor the keynote, and generate a summary of all product launches.

Claims & numbers

• The presenter states dots was just released by OpenAI and that he has had early access for a few days [00:00, 00:07].
• The presenter notes dots is currently rolling out exclusively on ChatGPT Pro and Enterprise plans, with no public rollout date yet for general users [01:18].
• The presenter claims dots provides a persistent, always-running cloud computer that can browse the web, open tabs, and store data long-term [01:01, 02:27].
• The presenter states email integration is shown as an option in the UI, but personal email addresses have not yet been assigned to dots [02:14].
• dots itself claims that while it can delegate to Codex and Work, it cannot guarantee complete code reliability or access to local tasks without permission [03:47].

Notable quotes

• "OpenAI just released an always-on, proactive personal assistant agent called dots." — Kevin [00:00]
• "I think of it as the bridge to all of these systems." — Kevin [00:39]
• "The biggest reason to use me is continuity: you can give me something to keep moving; then come back for results, decisions, or follow-ups." — dots [03:21]

Assessment
This is a hands-on review and live workflow demonstration of OpenAI's dots agent by an independent reviewer who received early preview access. The demonstration is grounded in real-time interactions, candidly showing both successful multi-agent coordination across tools and actual early bugs, such as a cloud computer disconnection error and an unresponsive scheduled tasks chat window.

Described by gemini-3.8-flash on 2026-09-30 from the video's audio and frames.