OpenAI announces dots, a resident AI agent for ChatGPT

Because the agent can act without the user watching, the author suggests three delegation boundaries: “okay to automate,” “requires approval,” and “never delegate.” Examples include scheduling, drafting documents, sending client emails, issuing invoices, processing refunds and deleting files. Four questions—does it reach another party, move money, can it be undone, contain personal data—help decide classification. The guidance targets sole proprietors and small businesses, offering a copy‑paste prompt to create a task‑classification table. The details are based on reports, so users should verify approval settings themselves.