OpenAI introduced always-on AI agents called Dots, a cheaper GPT-6.1 Sol model and a $500-a-month ChatGPT plan at its DevDay conference on 29 September, and said ChatGPT now has 1.2 billion weekly users.
OpenAI unveiled a set of new products at its DevDay conference on 29 September 2026, led by Dots, which it describes as always-on personal AI agents, according to Fortune. They work as always-available assistants that users can assign work to by chatting through text, Slack or Microsoft Teams, and they can complete multistep tasks such as tracking projects and preparing for appointments, according to the report.
Dots can be customised with names and shapes, which the report describes as frog-like in several colours, and they learn a user’s preferences and remember past conversations. Search summaries add that each Dot has its own cloud computer and browser and can connect to more than 4,000 applications through OpenAI’s plugin system. Fortune says that they are not available in the European Union, Switzerland or the United Kingdom because of data privacy laws, and that they are included with the Pro and Business Premium plans, with paid options for multiple Dots planned.
The second launch is GPT-6.1 Sol, an upgraded model for coding, computer use and long-running tasks. Fortune reports that it costs $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, and describes it as offering nearly the same level of intelligence as the flagship GPT-6 Astra at a fifth of the price. A token is a small unit of text that the model reads or writes, so the prices set the cost of using the model through the developer interface.
OpenAI also changed its subscription tiers. A new plan at $500 a month offers the highest usage allowance and access to a faster mode called Astra Ultrafast, and Fortune says that it makes the Codex coding tool eight times faster. Search summaries say that the plan carries 25 times the usage of ChatGPT Plus. The $200-a-month Pro plan has a reduced usage allowance with no cut in price, but it no longer has a five-hour usage limit, according to the report.
A new feature called ChatGPT Space lets users create documents, spreadsheets and slides, with several teammates and agents editing at the same time, which Fortune compares to Google Workspace. OpenAI also announced a zero data retention option with private safety processing for enterprises, and said that a model called GPT-6 Cyber would arrive within weeks.
The company gave figures for its reach. It said that ChatGPT has 1.2 billion weekly users and that 2.5 million businesses use it, according to the report. The company’s revenue then became a topic a week later, when a report put its annualised revenue near $50 billion, which Delima News covers in a separate article.
Dots are described as a competitor to Meta’s Muse, the report says. They are the latest of several attempts by AI companies to build agents that act without a prompt for each task, and Google’s Gemini Agent, announced on 8 October, is aimed at the same market, as another Delima News article explains.
The sources reviewed do not give independent tests of how well Dots perform, and the claims about GPT-6.1 Sol’s intelligence are the company’s. The availability restriction in Europe and the UK is a reminder that regulation affects which products reach which users.
The pricing changes show that OpenAI is segmenting its users more finely, with a cheaper model for developers at one end and a $500 plan for heavy users at the other.
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