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OpenAI launches ‘dots’ agent after scrapping launch of new AI model over safety concerns
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Less than 24 hours after OpenAI announced it would scrap the launch of an artificial intelligence model over safety concerns, the company debuted a whole new suite of AI tools.
Key facts
- One model, called GPT-6.1 Sol, is cheaper and “smarter than Astra in many ways”, the CEO said
- During its annual showcase for developers in San Francisco on Tuesday, Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, enthusiastically unveiled an AI agent called “dots” that he said was “more ambitious” than ChatGPT
- Dots are powered by GPT-6 Astra, the company’s latest model
- The agent’s app, available in the US, has been downloaded more than 3m times
Summary
During its annual showcase for developers in San Francisco on Tuesday, Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, enthusiastically unveiled an AI agent called “dots” that he said was “more ambitious” than ChatGPT and a “whole new way to work with AI”. “It’s like an AI helper that always has your back,” Altman said, to loud applause from the developers attending the event. OpenAI’s dots are colorful little blobs, donning berets or glasses, that appear on people’s phones or laptops, can be integrated into other apps and can follow commands. Dots are powered by GPT-6 Astra, the company’s latest model.