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Meet Dot: OpenAI's Always On Agent
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Meet Dot: OpenAI's Always On Agent
This week on AppStories, John is back from OpenAI DevDay, so he and Federico cover the history of AI agents, the current landscape, and what OpenAI is doing with Dots.
On AppStories+, Federico provides a sneak peek at what's in store for his Reminders, Notes, and upcoming CLIs.
Also available on YouTube here.
Links and Show Notes
AI Agents
OpenAI Dots and DevDay 2026
OpenAI launches Dots, its bubbly agentic avatar (TechCrunch)
OpenAI’s Dots: A First Look
Self Hosted Agents
OpenClaw
OpenClaw on GitHub
Hermes Agent
OpenAI hires OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger
Hosted Agent Competitors
Meta's Muse becomes App Store's hottest download
Grok Bot
Grok Bot Brings Always-On AI Agents to macOS and iOS
AppStories+ Post-Show:
RemCTL:
GitHub
MacStories: Introducing RemCTL, the Power-User Reminders CLI for macOS and AI Agents
NotesCTL:
Club MacStories download
MacStories: NotesCTL, a Club MacStories Preview of Federico’s Advanced Apple Notes CLI Tool
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