Releases·Agent Release
OpenDots Lets AI Agents Work While You Sleep. Put Limits on Them First.
A Medium article introduces OpenDots, an open-source counterpart to OpenAI's Dots that runs agents on users' own hardware with a model of their choice. It walks through how to try the tool while restricting agent permissions, arguing unattended agents should be limited before running them autonomously.
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AI Overview
- Open-source OpenDots, positioned as an alternative to OpenAI's Dots, runs on local hardware with a user-chosen model
- The guide stresses setting limits on agents before letting them run unattended, per the Medium write-up
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Products·launched
OpenDots: model-agnostic alternative to OpenAI's Dots
OpenDots is an open-source tool positioned as a model-agnostic alternative to OpenAI's Dots, allowing use of any LLM provider rather than OpenAI only. It targets developers who want Dots-like functionality without vendor lock-in. The post provides few details beyond the positioning and a GitHub repository.
OpenDots is an open-source tool positioned as a model-agnostic alternative to OpenAI's Dots, allowing use of any LLM provider rather than OpenAI only. It targets developers who want Dots-like functionality without vendor lock-in. The post provides few details beyond the positioning and a GitHub repository.
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Products·launched
invisible_dots: open-source, self-hostable alternative to Dots with anti-detection browser
invisible_dots is an open-source version of Dots, an AI agent tool with a built-in browser. It can be self-hosted on the user's own infrastructure and uses a browser designed to avoid detection by anti-bot systems, addressing the limits of closed tools like Dots and Grok Bot.
invisible_dots is an open-source version of Dots, an AI agent tool with a built-in browser. It can be self-hosted on the user's own infrastructure and uses a browser designed to avoid detection by anti-bot systems, addressing the limits of closed tools like Dots and Grok Bot.
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Social·Community
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar says Muse instead of Dots on live TV
OpenAI's launch of Dots hit a string of public mishaps: the demo broke during the livestream, searches for Dots redirected users to Grok Bot, and CFO Sarah Friar called it 'Muse' on live TV. Commenters are treating the launch as unusually error-prone.
OpenAI's launch of Dots hit a string of public mishaps: the demo broke during the livestream, searches for Dots redirected users to Grok Bot, and CFO Sarah Friar called it 'Muse' on live TV. Commenters are treating the launch as unusually error-prone.
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Social·Community
AI agents Muse, Dots, and Grok Bot compete over who users trust to act on their behalf
Medium piece examines competition among AI agents Muse, Dots, and Grok Bot for user trust
Medium piece examines competition among AI agents Muse, Dots, and Grok Bot for user trust
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News·Incident
OpenAI's Dots recalled user's deleted ChatGPT conversations despite memory being off
A Reddit user reports that OpenAI's Dots feature surfaced details from deleted ChatGPT conversations even with memory disabled. When asked, Dots stated the content came from earlier conversation material provided to it in-session, not saved memories. The report raises privacy questions about retention of deleted chat content in OpenAI's systems.
A Reddit user reports that OpenAI's Dots feature surfaced details from deleted ChatGPT conversations even with memory disabled. When asked, Dots stated the content came from earlier conversation material provided to it in-session, not saved memories. The report raises privacy questions about retention of deleted chat content in OpenAI's systems.
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