OpenAI launches Dots, its Muse competitor

<figure> <img alt="An illustration showing Dot avatars" data-caption="Like Muse, OpenAI’s Dots are represented by cute, customizable avatars. | Image: OpenAI" data-portal-copyright="Image: OpenAI" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Dots-Hero-Image.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Like Muse, OpenAI’s Dots are represented by cute, customizable avatars. | Image: OpenAI </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">OpenAI is responding to Meta's <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/999526/meta-muse-ai-agent-hands-on-shopping">buzzy Muse AI</a> with agentic helpers of its own: Dots. During its DevDay keynote on Tuesday, OpenAI announced that Dots will serve as always-on AI assistants that can "do nearly anything" across connected apps in the background while learning your preferences over time.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The company's <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/989601/openai-gpt-6-astra-release">capable GPT-6 Astra model</a> powers Dots, which use their own cloud computer to access a web browser and more than 4,000 supported apps. You can interact with a Dot through a text-message-like interface that's <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/993391/meta-muse-ai-hands-on">similar to the one offered by Muse</a>, as well as hop on a voice call with it from ChatGPT on the web, desktop, or mobile. Dots ca …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1002033/openai-dots-launch-muse-competitor">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>