"My personal agent has been named Dot for years" — OpenAI's naming stings
jdjohnson · x · 2026-09-30
A developer posted that his longtime personal AI agent is named Dot, and OpenAI's newly announced agent product shares the same name — which he finds "upsetting." The post is a lighthearted jab at the naming collision, and a small window into how users personalize and bond with their AI agents.
Related event: OpenAI Launches Always-On Agent Dots Powered by GPT-6 Astra at DevDay(57 posts)→
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