OpenAI’s Dot agent is enterprise software that can also order your dinner — SkimNews
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- OpenAI launched "Dots" this week, an agent platform with anthropomorphic avatars that run tasks on a cloud virtual machine and can access apps like Blender and GIMP
- Dot is gated to OpenAI's highest-tier accounts, including the $100-per-month Pro plan, while competitors Meta's Muse and Instinct remain free to use
- Dot repeatedly hit website security checks during hands-on testing, failing to complete a Comcast installation scheduling, an Ikea account login, and initial food ordering
- Instinct found a free coworking tour and booked it within minutes after Dot missed the option and tried to sign the reviewer up for a $35 day pass
- The reviewer's personal website got a full redesign when Dot was given access to their own computer via the desktop ChatGPT app, where it also compiled video clips autonomously
- Dot ultimately ordered teriyaki via Uber Eats after the reviewer helped with login, wrapping up the mixed-results hands-on test
Why it matters: The $100-per-month Pro-tier gating signals Dot is aimed at professionals willing to pay for enterprise-grade automation, but its repeated security-check failures and reliance on manual handoffs for routine consumer tasks like scheduling and ordering reveal how much hand-holding agentic AI still needs — even when built by the company behind ChatGPT.
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