OpenAI Dots shows 'proactivity': agent flags a duplicate landscaper bill before the user even asks

jaindl · x · 2026-10-07

A user shared what he calls a breakthrough moment with OpenAI Dots: after receiving two landscaper bills with different amounts and having no time to investigate, the system proactively sent him a message the next morning flagging and following up on the discrepancy on its own. The poster sees this unprompted 'proactivity' as a meaningful capability leap for the product.

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