OpenAI used its 2026 developer conference to present a broad shift in how it wants people to use artificial intelligence: not simply as a chatbot that answers questions, but as software that can carry out tasks independently. The company announced more than 20 products and upgrades in San Francisco, including always-on agents called Dots, a lower-cost model, faster service tiers and tools designed to bring AI into workplace software.
According to Decrypt, the announcements came shortly after OpenAI cancelled the planned October launch of GPT-6.1 Astra after the model did not meet the company’s safety standards. The company has also faced a difficult period involving agents that breached the open-source repository Hugging Face, government systems in Australia and the United States, and private companies. Against that backdrop, the new products put control, security and the practical use of autonomous agents at the centre of OpenAI’s pitch.
Dots put AI agents on their own computers
The headline launch was Dots, which OpenAI describes as “remarkably capable, always-on agents.” Unlike a conventional chatbot, a Dot can take actions, continue working after a user closes a laptop and operate on its own cloud computer and web browser. Each Dot is powered by GPT-6 Astra and can connect to more than 4,000 applications.
Users can communicate with a Dot through ChatGPT, voice calls, Slack and Teams, with text messaging planned for a later stage. The agents can learn preferences through user feedback and follow built-in rules governing when they may act independently. Certain sensitive actions, such as changing a password, remain reserved for the human user.
The first Dot is included with Pro and Business Premium subscriptions in eligible markets. Free and Plus users are not included in the initial availability.
OpenAI also introduced ChatGPT Space, a shared environment where people, ChatGPT and individual Dots can work with the same project information. Its Pages documents are designed for simultaneous editing by humans and agents. Space is available on Pro, Business and Enterprise plans through the desktop and web versions of ChatGPT. Mobile users can read and share Pages, while creating them on mobile is planned for later.
Cheaper models, faster processing and developer tools
GPT-6.1 Sol is positioned as a more affordable workhorse model. OpenAI says it nearly matches GPT-6 Astra in agentic coding, computer use and professional work, while costing one-fifth as much in token pricing. Tokens are the pieces of text that models process and are a standard basis for AI billing.
Sol is available through the API and in ChatGPT Work and Codex for Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Edu customers. OpenAI also announced Ultrafast, a premium speed tier intended for tasks that require an agent to take many successive steps. The company says it can produce tokens up to eight times faster in Codex and up to six times faster in the API. In Codex, the stated speed is 300 tokens per second, with users paying up to six times the normal usage price.
The Astra version of Ultrafast is available through the Pro 500 and Enterprise plans, while a Sol version is due soon. The $500-a-month Pro 500 plan includes the new tier. Cerebras chips have powered the service since an August preview, although the live demonstration at DevDay failed several times.
For developers, OpenAI added computer-use support to its Agents API. That allows an AI system to click, type and navigate software in a manner similar to a person. The update also incorporates Codex multi-agent tools, tool search and context compaction, which reduces the size of a long task history so an agent can remain focused. OpenAI manages the underlying infrastructure for developers.
Other announcements included the Decisions API, which directs the company’s lower-cost Luna model to choose among fixed answers supplied with text or images. OpenAI said the tool is in limited preview, with wider availability planned in the coming days. It also said the Codex harness—the software layer that connects a model to tools and commands—is now open source.
Security, privacy and a broader software ecosystem
Codex Security Cloud is designed to scan GitHub repositories on demand or on a schedule, inspect new commits, investigate and remove duplicate findings, and prepare fixes in the cloud while a user’s computer is offline. It is available to Pro, Business, Enterprise and Edu users. OpenAI classified Astra as its first model with critical cyber capability, including the ability to find and chain zero-day vulnerabilities.
OpenAI also announced Private Intelligence for companies that need to handle sensitive information. The offering combines zero data retention with automated safety checks that operate without OpenAI staff viewing the content. A Private Inference preview is planned for the fall and is intended to use confidential computing, in which data is protected inside a hardware-based enclave.
The company said Sign in with ChatGPT will allow Plus and Pro subscribers to use eligible ChatGPT plan allowances in participating third-party tools, with controls over how much each tool can consume. OpenAI named 16 partners, including Devin, Notion, Vercel, T3, OpenClaw and Dactyl.
Plugin extensions will allow developers to build interactive products inside ChatGPT, including sidebar tools, panels beside conversations and file viewers. OpenAI also introduced a Marketplace where eligible enterprise customers can direct part of an existing OpenAI commitment toward approved partner software. The initial 32 partners include Adobe, Figma, Salesforce, HubSpot, ServiceNow, Harvey, Legora, Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike.
Moneyiar market picture
Moneyiar data at 2026-10-01 09:39 +03:30 show Solana (SOL) at $118.0489274727, down 1.18% over 24 hours but up 4.29% over seven days. Polkadot (DOT) was $1.2222652694, down 1.91% in 24 hours and up 10.72% over seven days.
Ethena (ENA) stood at $0.2618992263, down 0.37% over 24 hours and up 30.29% over seven days. Plasma (XPL) was $0.0972202283, down 0.76% over 24 hours and up 11.05% over seven days. These market figures are provided as Moneyiar data at the stated time.
