ChatGPT's Dots Finally Feels Like a Virtual Employee

OpenAI's Dots assistant and plugin ecosystem are making convenience, memory, and workflow integration matter more to users than raw model benchmarks.

• Dots as delegate: ChatGPT's new always-on assistant Dots can spawn and steer Codex threads autonomously, letting Gael tell his dot "go find something useful to do" with no further input.
• Real-world automation wins: Gael's dot now auto-drafts monthly payroll via Wise API (catching a $0.06 typo), checks in his wife for flights, rebooked a Bangkok hotel, and negotiated a hotel compensation claim after a data breach.

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