OpenAI CEO Announces New AI Agent and Avoids Mention of Security Concerns at Developer Conference

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman introduced a “remarkably capable, always-on” artificial intelligence agent at an appearance Tuesday where he avoided any reference to security concerns around the company’s most advanced models.

At the company’s annual developer conference, Altman made a slew of product announcements and updates, including the company’s new agents, called Dots. The agents, designed to complete ongoing tasks proactively on behalf of users, are a competitor of Meta’s personal agent Muse, which exploded in popularity after Meta’s own conference last week.

Dot agents will be “like an AI helper that always has your back, inspired by the cool versions of what we all watched in movies growing up,” Altman said.

On Monday, OpenAI said it was holding off on the release of a new AI modelout of security concerns voiced by its researchers. The disclosure followed broader calls within the industry to decelerate the pace of the technology’s...

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