OpenAI's Dots agent platform targets workplace tasks

OpenAI announced Dots, an agent platform with customizable named avatars. Users chat with the agent in one window and watch its work in another, similar to Meta's Muse. Each user gets one Dot for now, with multiple planned.

Why it matters: OpenAI and Meta are converging on the same interface, a named, friendly agent with a visible work pane, but aiming at different markets. Dots leans toward enterprise software, so the competition is now over who owns the everyday agent surface at work versus at home.