OpenAI’s new dots agent comes with a crew of friendly mascots

OpenAI just announced a new suite of AI agents called “dots,” and they look like something you might find in an animated kids show. Dots were the star among more than 20 announcements made at OpenAI’s fourth annual developer conference, DevDay, which took place on September 29 in San Francisco. According to an official blog post, dots are “remarkably capable, always-on agents” powered by GPT-6 Astra, OpenAI’s latest model, that “get to know what matters to you, are always working on your behalf, and take important work off your plate.” Rather than mimicking OpenAI’s iconic void logo, each dot comes with its own cutesy, blobby character design—including a triangle with a bow tie, a bunny with headphones, and a cloud with a beret. Dots are arriving at a moment when consumers are especially wary of AI agents—a fear that’s only been augmented by OpenAI’s own struggles with rogue agents and CEO Sam Altman’s calls for a slowdown in AI development. For their part, dots seem designed to defang the technology as it begins to ask for more of its users personal information and attempts to play a bigger role in their everyday lives. [Image: OpenAI] What are dots? Dots, like all AI agents, are…