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OpenAI DevDay 2026 Keynote (FULL)

By: OpenAI
Length: 54 min
Language: English
Text from: the video's captions
Transcribed: 13 October 2026

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Summary

This keynote from OpenAI DevDay 2026 introduces Dots, always-on AI agents that work 24/7 inside ChatGPT, along with ChatGPT Spaces for team and agent collaboration. It also announces new models including ChatGPT 6.1 Sol, UltraFast at 300 tokens per second, a Decisions API, Codex in the cloud, computer use in the API, and privacy features. The talk closes with distribution tools like Sign in with ChatGPT and plugin extensions, plus a message that AI should be more like a Renaissance than an industrial revolution.

Key points

Dots are always-on AI agents in ChatGPT that work 24/7 and can be delegated ambitious work like monitoring bug reports or migrating off legacy APIs.
ChatGPT Spaces is a new collaboration space where teams and their dots work together on pages, charts, sheets and live prototypes.
ChatGPT 6.1 Sol offers near-Astra intelligence at a balance of cost and capability, while UltraFast runs at 300 tokens per second.
The Codex harness is open source, Codex now runs in the cloud, and computer use is available through the API.
OpenAI Private Tension with ZDR delivers frontier model safety without storing customer content on OpenAI servers.
Sign in with ChatGPT lets users bring their existing plan tokens to third-party apps, launching with 16 partners.
OpenAI says its models now complete over a third of day-long research tasks with no intervention required.
Dots and Spaces are available to ChatGPT Pro, Business, Premium and Enterprise users today, and dot conversations don't eat into usage.

Questions it answers

00:22Opening and Codex updates

What has OpenAI shipped in response to developer requests?

OpenAI brought Codex to Linux, added support for working across multiple folders in one project, and brought Codex to phones. They say they work through thousands of user requests as fast as they can.

Codex is now available on Linux, phones, and across multiple folders in one project.
OpenAI says it works through thousands of user requests, mostly sent on Twitter.

02:18Introducing Dots

What are Dots and what can they do?

Dots are remarkably capable, always-on agents built to handle anything you can think of, working 24/7 to take on work you don't want to do. They follow your access, have their own computer in the cloud, can write and test code, and can be reached by text or phone call.

Dots are always-on agents that can handle delegated work like monitoring bug reports or migrating off legacy APIs.
Dots can be reached by text message and phone calls, and are powered by Astra with safeguards and customizable instructions.

07:37ChatGPT Spaces

How do teams collaborate with AI in ChatGPT Spaces?

Spaces is a place where people, their dots, and teammates work together on pages, with dots able to be tagged in comments and given page instructions. Coming soon, presentations can be shared in a slide version that agents can easily read and modify.

Spaces supports interactive charts, sheets, and live prototypes that dots can keep updated hourly.
Dots can be tagged in comments and given page-level instructions.

09:28Holly's live demo

What does a real workflow with Dots look like?

Holly demonstrates a fictional music app called Blossom, showing her dot Dotty updating calendars, reviewing feedback, building a working app via Codex, and collaborating in Spaces with dynamic charts. She also shows voice conversations with her dot and engineers' dots automatically fixing bugs from Slack channels.

Engineers' dots are fixing dozens of bugs every day, picking up session IDs from feedback channels and opening PRs.
Dots can use Codex to build an app and run it in a simulator while the user does other things.

16:53Availability and specialist dots

Who gets access to Dots and Spaces, and what are specialist dots?

Dots and Spaces are available to ChatGPT Pro, Business, Premium and Enterprise users today, with your dot included in your plan and conversations not eating into usage. Enterprise users also get specialist dots, virtual teammates that work with the whole team, and OpenAI is working with Microsoft so businesses can manage dots through Microsoft tools.

Dots and Spaces are available to Pro, Business, Premium and Enterprise users today, with dot conversations not eating into usage.
Enterprise specialist dots are virtual teammates that can be given goals, context, and feedback.

18:58New models: 6.1 Sol and UltraFast

What new models and subscription tiers were announced?

OpenAI launched ChatGPT 6.1 Sol, a powerful model balancing cost and capability with near-Astra intelligence, and UltraFast across the API, ChatGPT and Codex at 300 tokens per second. They also introduced Pro-500 with access to UltraFast, reopened the Pro-200 subscription, and launched a Decisions API that responds in a fraction of a second using pre-defined options.

UltraFast runs at 300 tokens per second, ten times the speed of standard Fast.
Pro-500 offers 25 times the speed, and the Pro-200 subscription reopens today.
The Decisions API lets models respond in a fraction of a second using pre-defined options.

23:48AI research intern

How are the models accelerating OpenAI's own research?

Tejal explains that OpenAI reached its goal of having an AI research intern, with models improving training, refusals, and computer use safety. As of July, models have taken on over a third of day-long research tasks with no intervention required, and have helped solve over 100 math problems open for decades.

Models now complete over a third of day-long research tasks with no intervention required.
Models have helped solve over 100 math problems that were open for decades.

27:28Developer platform: Codex cloud and APIs

What new tools and infrastructure are available to developers?

OpenAI open-sourced the Codex harness that powers Codex and Dots, brought Codex to the cloud, launched a new API with the harness and multi-agent controls, and brought computer use to the API. They also announced OpenAI Private Tension with zero data retention, and reported over 99 percent reliability with time to first token cut by 45 percent.

The Codex harness is open source and now runs in the cloud.
OpenAI Private Tension with ZDR delivers frontier model safety without storing content on OpenAI servers.
Time to first token has been cut by 45 percent with over 99 percent reliability.

Notes

Dots: Always-on AI agents

Dots are capable, always-on agents in ChatGPT that work 24/7 and handle delegated work, from plane tickets to monitoring bug reports and migrating apps off legacy APIs.
They follow your access, have their own computer in the cloud, can write and test code, and bring pull requests to review.
Coming soon: text messaging and phone calls with your dot, and teams of dots.
Dots are powered by Astra, built with protections and safeguards, and support customizable instructions.
Available to ChatGPT Pro, Business, Premium and Enterprise users today; dot conversations don't eat into usage.
Enterprise users get specialist dots, virtual teammates that work with the whole team; OpenAI is working with Microsoft so businesses can manage dots through Microsoft tools.

ChatGPT Spaces

Spaces is a shared place where teams and their dots collaborate on pages; dots can be tagged in comments and given page instructions.
Supports interactive charts, sheets, and live prototypes; dots can keep data updated hourly.
Coming soon: shareable presentations in a slide format that agents can easily read and modify.
Holly's demo (fictional music app Blossom) showed dots updating calendars, reviewing feedback, building apps via Codex, and engineers' dots fixing dozens of bugs daily from Slack channels.

Models and subscriptions

ChatGPT 6.1 Sol: powerful model balancing cost and capability, near-Astra intelligence, cheaper context reuse.
UltraFast: 300 tokens per second, ten times the speed of standard Fast, across API, ChatGPT and Codex.
Pro-500 subscription with 25x speed; Pro-200 reopened with access to all frontier models.
Decisions API: model responds in a fraction of a second using a pre-defined set of options.

Research and platform

OpenAI says it now has an AI research intern; models take on over a third of day-long research tasks with no intervention.
Models helped solve over 100 math problems open for decades.
Codex harness open-sourced; Codex now runs in the cloud; new API includes harness and multi-agent controls; computer use comes to the API.
OpenAI Private Tension with ZDR: frontier model safety without storing content on OpenAI servers.
Over 99 percent reliability; time to first token cut by 45 percent.

Distribution

Sign in with ChatGPT: users bring existing plan tokens to your app; 16 launch partners at start.
Plugin extensions let developers build editors, dashboards and workspaces in ChatGPT and Codex; plugins can be discovered within conversations.
Around 1.2 billion people use ChatGPT; 30-plus launch partners for enterprise sales channels.

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