WIRED tests OpenAI's Dots vs Meta's Muse in the battle to be your personal AI agent
nordicinst · x · 2026-10-01
WIRED tested the two leading personal AI agents: Dots, OpenAI's new always-on agent unveiled at DevDay (the biggest reveal of an annual event drawing 2,500+ developers), and Muse, which Meta has been testing for a month.
- Dots: demos on stage were sometimes messy, but the direction is clear — an always-on agent that proactively completes tasks and makes autonomous decisions while scouring the web; Sam Altman shared his experience using them
- Hands-on: after naming his Dot "Toolie," it scanned the reporter's ChatGPT history and flagged three actionable tasks — drafting a follow-up email for a data request, improving dinner plans for an upcoming trip, and refining pitch drafts from reporting notes
- The bigger picture: both companies are vying to become your default personal AI agent, with user experience as the key battleground
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