PodcastLatent SpaceSeptember 30, 2026
Why Dwarkesh is Wrong about Computer Use + How OpenAI shipped its Jev competitor in 1 Week
OpenAI's computer-use agents now beat average humans on many tasks and are racing toward superhuman performance via new harness and API primitives.
- Computer Use inflects sharply: Ari Weinstein says agents now beat average humans on many tasks, with GPT-6.1 Sol priced a fifth of Astra's cost and a seventh for computer-use specifically, plus a claimed 7x speed gain.
- Dots gets its own Linux box: OpenAI's new Dots assistant gives each agent a dedicated cloud Linux computer (not just a browser), enabling full desktop app control alongside web browsing.
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