Artificial intelligence is moving beyond the era of systems that wait for instructions. OpenAI’s new Dots represent a broader shift toward AI agents that can operate continuously, manage multi-step tasks, learn user preferences, interact with software, and pursue defined objectives with less day-to-day supervision. Introduced as part of OpenAI’s latest agent-focused strategy, Dots are powered by GPT-6 Astra and are designed to function as persistent digital assistants with their own cloud...

For years, the dominant assumption in artificial intelligence has been that increasingly capable systems should communicate through increasingly sophisticated language. Large language models have made that assumption feel natural. They read text, generate text, reason through prompts, call tools, write software, summarize information, and increasingly operate as autonomous agents. But a different architectural idea is beginning to emerge: not every machine needs an AI system that speaks human...

Artificial intelligence is moving from a technology that performs tasks for humans toward systems capable of reasoning, operating digital environments, conducting research, and increasingly participating in the process by which future AI systems are developed. That transition is creating a problem that is no longer confined to technical laboratories: humanity may be approaching a period in which machine intelligence advances faster than society’s ability to understand, regulate, monitor, and...