Meet Dot: OpenAI's Always On Agent

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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