The company will integrate its consumer and professional interfaces into a single platform this coming week. OpenAI will unveil this unification of ChatGPT and Work, along with the launch of Astra 6.1, as part of 3 major releases at its DevDay event on Tuesday. These debuts include the official introduction of "o," an always-on AI agent designed to function as a persistent, cloud-based assistant for continuous task management.
The "o" agent competes with xAI's Grok Bot and Meta's Muse, offering access to all Pro subscription tiers, including the $100 level. Software builds from September 26 reveal internal aliases for the project, such as "dots," "orbit," and "aeon," while config files suggest it will support email handling via a "-o" suffix. Other announced additions include a shared message board for agents and a Cerebras-powered "Fast Mode" for the $500 subscription plan.
Key sources
- SOURCE@mark_k“This new AI will be comparable to Grok Bot and Muse, with a computer in the cloud, which is always online.”x.com
- SOURCE@chetaslua“ChatGPT "dots" goes by three other names in the Sep 26 https://t.co/eBXGDBjPSF build : orbit, aeon and maybe o”x.com
- SOURCE@testingcatalog“OpenAI has teased “o” always-on agents to arrive during the DevDay event next week.”x.com
- SUPPORT@mark_k“1. OpenAI o, the always-on agent. 2. Astra 6.1. 3. Unification of ChatGPT and Work.”x.com
- SUPPORT@testingcatalog“Internal config has references to "o" as a display name and "-o" as an email suffix.”x.com
- SUPPORT@alexandr_wang“Coming to all Pro tiers, not locked to Pro Max • Codex Plus excluded • Fast Mode confirmed”x.com
- SOURCEmarketbrief.now