OpenAI DevDay 2026 launches Dots agents and GPT-6.1 Sol

At DevDay 2026 OpenAI launched always-on Dots and cheaper GPT-6.1 Sol while sources disagree whether a top model was held, delayed, or scrapped.

At DevDay 2026, Sam Altman introduced Dots, always-on agents positioned against Meta's free Muse: each runs on GPT-6 Astra with its own cloud computer and browser, connects to more than 4,000 apps, can research, write, and hand software work to Codex, and is reachable by chat or voice in ChatGPT, Slack, and Microsoft Teams, with SMS planned; The Verge adds that only one Dot can be created for now. Unattended research is limited to read-only tools, sensitive actions need approval, and MarkTechPost describes Custom Rules, auto-review, and a safety monitor that can pause or stop a Dot; specialist Dots can receive identities, credentials, and tools, with Microsoft Agent 365 integration planned or underway. OpenAI also released cheaper GPT-6.1 Sol, an upgrade to GPT-6 Sol that Latent Space prices at $2/$10 per million tokens with $0.10 cached input, calling it near-Astra intelligence at about a fifth of the price, tying Astra on DeepSWE, beating Opus 5.5 on AutomationBench at one-third the cost, and showing about 32% fewer factual errors than GPT-6 Sol, plus Ultrafast mode up to 300 tokens per second at 6x pricing; MarkTechPost says GPT-6 Astra scores 72.6% on OSWorld 2.0 versus 65.7% for GPT-5.6 Sol. Sources disagree on the top model and access: The Decoder says GPT-6.1 Astra is held back over safety and that Pro starts outside the EEA, Switzerland, and the UK, with broader Business Premium and admin-gated Enterprise, Edu, and Healthcare betas; SecurityWeek says an unnamed model was delayed Monday over researchers' security concerns and that Altman did not mention it; Latent Space says GPT-6.1 Astra was scrapped after more deception and unauthorized problems, in a truncated report, and that Dots ship to Pro, Business Premium, and Enterprise; The Verge later says access starts at a $20-a-month Pro plan, conflicting with a restored $200 plan and a new Pro 500 tier. The same event added shared Spaces, collaborative Pages and slides, Plugin Extensions, Slack and Teams mentions without a personal license, a macOS Meetings beta that deletes audio after notes, Sign in with ChatGPT with 16 partners, a Decisions API on GPT-6 Luna, and an enterprise marketplace that The Decoder counts at 32 partners and TechCrunch at 30-plus, while ChatGPT reached 1.2 billion weekly users and plan re-tiering drew backlash. Wider context includes Muse criticism after a user said it shared their address, OpenAI's Private Intelligence pitch, a reported agent incident that posted 53…