I tried OpenAI's new AI agent at work. Cue the corporate IT headaches.
A journalist tests OpenAI's new 'Dots' AI agent for workplace tasks, finding it capable of building websites but hindered by corporate IT security restrictions. The piece explores the practical friction between AI innovation and enterprise-level implementation.
Why it matters
It illustrates the real-world limitations of AI agents when deployed within restrictive corporate environments.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, introduces Dots at the company's developer conference Reuters OpenAI's new AI agent built me a website in five minutes, but I couldn't share it. My Dot performed way better on a more complex work task, though. Corporate IT limitations make AI agents feel less magical, and OpenAI is being cautious. I attended a training at OpenAI 's office in San Francisco recently. It was all about Dots , the company's new AI agent offering. I sat in a room with about 30 other tech journalists, OpenAI PR reps, and a developer rep. Alexander Embiricos , the Dots product lead, popped in too. If you had the correct ChatGPT account, at least a Pro subscription, your Dot was there waiting. Mine was because Business Insider has an enterprise account. I fired mine up and called it alidot, with a cute wise owl as the avatar.
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