# Introducing dots | OpenAI - Host: [openai.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/openai.com/) - Saved: September 30, 2026 (2026-09-30T11:43:06Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f806dd97b317/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f806dd97b317.json ## What Jamie wrote I've been playing with dots this weekend. I created a new generation of [Otto](https://ottoai.thingelstad.com) on dots. In short, dots feels like a productized version of [OpenClaw](https://openclaw.ai). I think a lot of people are going to like this feature. When I hear people say what they wished AI could do for them, or what an Agent would be, it is really close to what dots is doing today. I configured my dot as Otto and decided the first thing I wanted to try was to see if it could drive my Elixir project I've been working on. I already have a team of agents that have been helping build it, but it still requires me to make a lot of decisions. So I asked Otto (as a dot) about how it could interact with Codex and it could do everything I wanted. It has its own computer in the cloud and it can also control the Mac mini that I have for my agents to run on. After confirming it had the capabilities I told it I was going to interview it for the job. I asked several questions: - "What do you think the vision for this product is?" - "What do you think is working well in this product? What isn't working?" - "How would you decide if a feature is a good fit?" - "How would you work with me?" It passed with flying colors and then I gave it a chance to interview me. After that I let it get to work and it is doing great. The interface for a dot is through the ChatGPT app but it is exactly like a messaging interface with a person, including emoji reactions. You can also call your dot and talk to it. It makes a phone ring and oddly Otto doesn't pick up on the first ring. :-) I'm impressed. I suspect that in the next few weeks this will sunset my OpenClaw project, which I've had such an on and off relationship with, and I can see this being really popular. With dots out, I now understand better the new ChatGPT Pro 500 accounts. With Otto running here I was able to have it work on multiple projects all night. It is interesting to consider that a barrier to AI companies doing more is just your time and capacity to ask it to do more! ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Appears in - [WT352: WT352 — Interviewing Otto for the Job](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/352/), Notable ## Saved twice - [Introducing dots | OpenAI](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/881ae6cc36c3/) (openai.com, October 8, 2026) ## Mentions - [OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d9848fcf8ad8/) (openclaw.ai, January 29, 2026) ## Same host - [Codex Micro | OpenAI](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/94a4d004c306/) (openai.com, July 15, 2026) - [The Hugging Face incident and the road ahead | OpenAI](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/c04aa8d5c51e/) (openai.com, September 3, 2026) - [GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/1b6b443c0aff/) (openai.com, September 17, 2026) - [Introducing the Agents API | OpenAI](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/41286bfc2126/) (openai.com, September 17, 2026) - [Introducing dots | OpenAI](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/881ae6cc36c3/) (openai.com, October 8, 2026) ## Saved the same week - [GLM-5.3 and the spread of advanced cyber capabilities | Anthropic](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/acb31664922e/) (anthropic.com, September 30, 2026) - [Building a certificate authority for the whole Internet](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d6b2fd1f1109/) (blog.cloudflare.com, September 30, 2026) - [MicroLLM lab — tiny LLMs, Q4, in your browser](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/6f482fa0cb25/) (stateofutopia.com, September 30, 2026) - [You Are No Longer Invited to Dinner - Derek Thompson](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/61ddca15fdda/) (derekthompson.org, September 30, 2026) - [Museum of numbers](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/1d6705e94276/) (numbermuseum.com, September 30, 2026) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://openai.com/index/introducing-dots