Perpetuum Mobile: OpenAI Launches Dots AI Agents for Continuous Background Operation

The era of dialog boxes and "generate" buttons has come to an end. On September 30, 2026, following the DevDay presentation, OpenAI released `Dots` into the market—a class of autonomous AI agents operating 24/7 without the need for manual triggering.

These entities live inside corporate applications, autonomously monitoring processes, making decisions, and routing tasks. For the B2B macroeconomic landscape, this is an earthquake. Always-on agents fundamentally change the structure of cloud computing consumption. If servers previously sat idle between user requests, they will now be loaded continuously. The deployment of Dots guarantees power shortages and exponential revenue growth for hyperscalers. White-collar workers cease to be neural network operators and become their supervisors, while corporate automation moves from micromanagement to delegating entire business processes to machines.

Source: OpenAI / Business Standard / AP