OpenAI Launches ‘Dots’ Always-On AI Agents With Own Computers at DevDay 2026

The headline is the always-on agent with its own computer, not the model update: giving agents persistent machines shifts the product from a chat interface toward something that can hold state and act without a human in the loop. That raises the operational and security questions that come with any autonomous process, and it puts OpenAI in more direct competition with platforms selling agent infrastructure. Whether 'always-on' becomes the default expectation for agents, or stays a premium feature, is the open question.