OpenAI set to unveil Dots, its competitor to Meta’s Muse, at Dev Day

OpenAI is rolling out its answer to Meta’s runaway AI agent hit. The product is called Dots, and it’s designed to simulate human interaction while running autonomously on a dedicated virtual computer, with a heavy emphasis on emotional experience. The announcement is set for Dev Day on September 29, 2026, roughly three weeks after Meta’s Muse landed on app stores and proceeded to embarrass ChatGPT in download rankings. Meta drew first blood Meta launched Muse on September 8, and the numbers were immediate. The app pulled in approximately 730,000 downloads in its first five days. Shortly after, that figure surpassed 2.5 million, vaulting Muse past ChatGPT atop the US iOS free app charts. Muse runs on Meta’s proprietary Muse Spark model family and is built to handle complex, multi-step tasks inside a secure virtual environment. It integrates across devices and applications, functioning less like a chatbot and more like a digital employee who never clocks out. What Dots actually does Leaked internal references for the project included names like “o,” Orbit, and Aeon before OpenAI landed on Dots. Dots will operate on independent virtual machines, meaning each instance of the agent runs...