Dots: Always-on agents

minimaxir

dots dots, more dots. k stop dots. Claw is a cute name. Muse is cute name. Dots (note: not always upper-case) seems forced and impersonal, which doesn't match the vibe in the promo video.

jason_zig

i feel like when they style them all cute like that (see muse) it means they're problematic and invasive.

HeavenFox

What a terrible marketing page. I read it a few times and still have zero idea what this thing is.

vb-8448

They finally managed to get rid of project, middle and top managers! Next natural step: CEOs staring tens of dots to control other humans and agents XD

jesse_dot_id

Nope. If an AI agent can't intuit how I will feel about an action it's taking on my behalf, I'm not give it access to my digital life. OpenClaw, Muse, Dots... doesn't matter which one. All are an equally awful idea.

dstroot

Pro plan only for now.

goda90

I imagine the reasoning was to be "quirky" but the video being set in intentionally fake looking sets in a TV studio-type space gave off the vibes that this isn't a serious product for doing real things.

dgellow

I cannot fathom how much compute will be wasted with that type of always on agentic systems

hankbond

> takes important work off your plate so you get more of your time and attention back Ok but I want the time and attention so that I can do important work. What bizarre marketing.

cartersj

This feels like a mass-market push. The cost is going to be hard for many consumers to reconcile though. Free, Go, and Plus are probably the most popular consumer-facing plans, and Dots isn't available on any of those. Who knows, maybe they think enterprise will pick up and run with Dots? Seems unlikely.

jdw64

I heard they use GPT Space (like Notion) together with Slack and use it like a human colleague, but watching the actual demo video, the speed is so slow it's shocking..

glub

So essentially, another attempt at giving codex to regular people.

jesse_dot_id

The only reasons I can think for OpenAI and Meta to make their always-on agents cute little cartoons are all nefarious in nature.

tinyhouse

One way that I find the AI space boring is that everyone is working on the same things. The release of Jev was a breath of fresh air.

ranyume

It's great to see that my personal assistant can stop working and maybe report me to the police if the company disagrees with what I'm doing!

rvshchwl

It seems that this is the new primitive all AI vendors are converging onto next, first chat, then code, and now always-on Agents. I'm curious to see when or if Anthropic builds something similar to this as well, especially since the market Grok Bot, Muse and Dots is catering to is business and enterprise users, which seems to be where Anthropic is focused. The ideal evolution would be for these Agents to work with each other, but it's unlikely these companies would do anything to prevent vendor lock-in.

wxw

The lines between Codex, ChatGPT Work, and Dots is getting a bit blurry to me. I think the target should be a remote agent(s) in its own sandbox with long memory, and all three are heading in that direction so why have the distinctions? Unless Dots is dramatically more capable than Muse, I'm also more bullish on Muse than Dots. I think Muse is a better consumer play because it can be forever subsidized by Meta ads and find distribution in family of apps while Dots is in a weird place between consumer & professional. From the release, it also sounds like you'll have to pay per Dot at some point which doesn't sound appealing.

realharo

I wonder at what point they'll have to answer the inevitable question: "why does the agent even need me anymore"?

alvis

My only complaint to dots is that why their mascots are looking the same as grok bot

ChrisArchitect

The long bent shadow of Clippy extends all the way here....... and not sure how they're going to avoid the comparisons and snark on this marketing, at least initially.