OpenAI's dots assistant aims for always-on help

OpenAI launched dots, an always-on AI personal assistant, at its developer day in late September. Available to ChatGPT Pro subscribers at $100 a month or higher, dots connects to your calendar, email, and computer to proactively help with tasks without requiring constant prompting. The product evolved from OpenAI's Codex coding tool, repackaged for broader accessibility. A built-in feature called proactive research periodically reviews what it knows about you to suggest ways to be more helpful. Privacy concerns remain, as dots collects personal data similarly to ChatGPT, though users can disable model training and control data access.