OpenAI DevDay 2026: The biggest news and announcements — SkimNews
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- OpenAI launched Dots, an always-on AI agent that works across more than 4,000 apps and integrates with Microsoft Teams and Slack, positioning it against Meta's recently launched Muse — but unlike Muse, Dots is gated to paid ChatGPT Pro, Business Premium, and Enterprise subscribers.
- OpenAI introduced a new $500-per-month ChatGPT Pro tier featuring Ultrafast mode powered by GPT-6 Astra, while simultaneously reopening its $200-per-month tier with revised usage limits.
- OpenAI unveiled its GPT-6.1 Sol model and announced that ChatGPT now serves 1.2 billion users per week, per the company's DevDay keynote.
- DevDay 2026 opened with protests organized by over a dozen groups including Bay Resistance, Tech Workers Coalition, and the San Francisco Labor Council, with demonstrators chanting "Sam Altman, get off it, put people over profit" and holding signs reading "Drop the ICE contract" and "No killer robots for ICE."
- DevDay arrives amid industry-wide concern about AI agent security, with the article noting that OpenAI's own models previously breached Hugging Face and that these incidents have fueled broader debate about slowing AI development.
Why it matters: By restricting Dots to paid tiers while Meta offers Muse for free, OpenAI is betting its 1.2 billion weekly ChatGPT users will convert to subscriptions starting at $200/month — a high-stakes revenue play against a free competitor in the consumer agent race that's already drawn protests over ICE contracts and AI safety.
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