{
  "id": 10991946,
  "title": "New OpenAI Product Fails Spectacularly During Live On-Stage Demo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/new-openai-product-fails-spectacularly-during-live-on-stage-demo",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-30T16:45:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Futurism",
    "slug": "futurism",
    "url": "https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-agent-fails-live-demo"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "At OpenAI's annual DevDay conference in San Francisco, the company unveiled its new AI agent called Dots during a live product demo. Dots, powered by GPT-6 Astra model, is designed to be \"always-on,\" constantly working in the background to assist users. However, during the demo, the AI agent known as \"Dottie\" by presenter Holly Li failed to respond promptly when asked about user testing from the previous night. The AI remained silent for ten seconds, causing an awkward silence among the audience. Li attempted to lighten the mood by joking about Dottie's slow morning. OpenAI envisions Dots to be capable of handling various professional tasks such as monitoring user feedback, generating bug fixes, and learning from a user's research to run new analyses. The agent represents OpenAI's latest effort to introduce personal AI helpers, positioning itself as a response to Meta's Muse AI agent. Unlike Muse, which is available for free and marketed towards everyday users, Dots is currently locked behind a $100 per month subscription tier, indicating a more limited audience at this stage.",
  "summary": "The AI was \"having a slow morning.\" The post New OpenAI Product Fails Spectacularly During Live On-Stage Demo appeared first on Futurism .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}