上个月，OpenAI 推出 Dots 时将其宣传为运行在自有云计算机中的“常驻智能体”，但这一说法可能夸大了该技术以及试图使用该技术的人们的准备程度。目前，有多名用户报告称他们的 Dots 出现任务失败和连接问题。另有用户指出存在云连接问题、Dots 消失，以及似乎与滥用防范相关的拒绝服务情况。OpenAI 开发者社区论坛也出现了多个类似的担忧。
When OpenAI introduced dots last month, it pitched them as "always-on agents" running in their own cloud computer, but that may be overstating the readiness of the technology and of the people trying to use it. Presently, multiple users are reporting task failures and connection issues with their dots. Others have flagged cloud connectivity problems, dots that disappear, and dot refusals that appear to be related to abuse prevention. And the OpenAI Developer Community forum shows several similar concerns.
OpenAI 尚未回应有关 Dots 使用情况的置评请求。ABI Research 认为，“AI 爪”——即常驻智能体——将塑造企业 AI 的采用方式。该公司认为，“市场正从孤立的助手向为更长时间运行、企业级自动化而构建的模块化智能体生态系统演变。”尽管 Dots 出现了种种问题，社交媒体论坛上也存在一些质疑，有人猜测 OpenAI 是为了应对 Meta Muse 和 Grok Bot 而仓促推出 Dots，此外还有安全问题，但 Dots 除了那些认为其毫无意义的批评者之外，也拥有一些热情的用户。
OpenAI did not respond to a request for comment about the usage of dots. ABI Research argues that "AI claws" – always-on agents – will shape enterprise AI adoption. The biz sees "a market evolving from isolated assistants toward modular agent ecosystems built for longer-running, enterprise-grade automation." Despite the hiccups that have afflicted dots, some skepticism on social media forums, speculation that OpenAI rushed dots out in response to Meta Muse and Grok Bot, and security issues, dots have some enthusiastic users in addition to detractors who just don't see the point.
同时，其他公司和开发者也与之竞争，他们认为能够以更低的成本和更少的限制提供类似服务。一家名为 Tawkit 的公司推出了名为 CopilotKit 的软件开发工具包（SDK），并发布了 OpenDots。该公司上周在一篇帖子中表示：“OpenDots 是完全开源的，它提供了一个与 [OpenAI Dots] 相同的功能模板，供你自行托管。你可以通过 AG-UI 引入任何智能体，使用任何兼容 OpenAI 的模型，并将其中的每个部分都打造为你自己的专属组件。”
They also have competition from companies and developers who believe they can deliver a similar service more affordably, with fewer restrictions. A company called Tawkit that makes an SDK called CopilotKit has released OpenDots. "OpenDots is completely open source and gives you the same thing [as OpenAI Dots] as a template you host yourself," the biz said in a post last week. "Bring any agent through AG-UI, use any OpenAI-compatible model, and make every part of it your own."
该公司此前还发布了 OpenMuse 和 OpenBot。这些项目本质上将用户界面、AG-UI 智能体层和后端分离开来，以提供一种替代的个人智能体方案。虽然这并未消除所部署智能体产生的令牌费用，但意味着 OpenAI 可能不再负责相关计费。
The company previously released OpenMuse and OpenBot. These projects essentially separate the user interface, the AG-UI agent layer, and the backend to provide an alternative personal agent. This doesn't eliminate the token expense of whatever agent is deployed, but it does mean that OpenAI may not be doing the billing.
此外，还有一个潜在成本更低的方案，名为（令人困惑的是）Open Dot，它由在 OpenRouter 上运行的 AI 模型提供支持。由于它是开源的，其代码可以被修改以使用本地模型运行——据我们了解，这一功能已在计划之中。该项目仓库解释道：“Open Dot 是 [OpenAI Dots] 的开源版本，可以在你自己的 Mac 上运行，使用你自己的 OpenAI 密钥，或者通过 OpenRouter 使用 Kimi、DeepSeek 和 Qwen 等开源模型。”
Then there's a potentially lower cost option, called (confusingly) Open Dot, powered by AI models running on OpenRouter. And as it's open source, the code could be altered to run using a local model – a feature that we understand is planned. "Open Dot is an open source version [of OpenAI Dots] that runs on your own Mac with your own OpenAI key, or with open models like Kimi, DeepSeek and Qwen through OpenRouter," the project repo explains.
它允许用户通过 Composio 连接到 Gmail、日历、Slack、Notion 和 GitHub 等各种应用。该项目创建者 Prathit Joshi 告诉《The》：“我喜欢为开发者构建和发布工具，尤其是那些能够支持封闭模型公司未必有动力支持的使用场景的工具，比如允许使用开源模型。”Joshi 位于印度班加罗尔，是 Composio 的一名增长工程师。
It allows users to connect to various apps like Gmail, Calendar, Slack, Notion, and GitHub via Composio. Prathit Joshi, the project's creator, told The, "I enjoy building and shipping tools for developers, especially tools that can support use cases that closed model companies aren't necessarily incentivized to support, like allowing open source models." Joshi is based in Bangalore, India, and works as a growth engineer at Composio.
他表示，他一直使用 Open Dot 处理个人任务，例如根据 Slack 消息生成当天的“待办事项”清单，以及总结社交媒体上的帖子。Joshi 表示，Open Dot 基于 Electron 框架，因为他希望它成为一个桌面应用。区分 OpenAI dots、OpenDots 和 Open Dot 可能会令人困惑，但短期内情况恐怕不会有所改善。所有人都忙于为日益商品化的模型添加一层“守门”机制，希望借此打造可持续的商业模式。
He said he's been using Open Dot to handle personal tasks like setting "to do" lists for the day based on Slack messages and summarizing posts on social media. Open Dot is based on the Electron framework, Joshi said, because he wanted it to be a desktop app. Distinguishing between OpenAI dots, OpenDots, and Open Dot may be confusing, but don't expect things to get any better in the near future. Everyone is busy wrapping increasingly commoditized models in a gatekeeping layer, in the hope of developing a sustainable business.
例如，埃隆·马斯克周二表示，Grok Bot 将成为一个模型路由器，而非特定模型的前端接口。他说：“未来，SpaceX 将根据具体任务选择最佳的后端模型，包括 Claude Opus 5.5、MidJourney、Suno 和其他领先的 API。无论哪种模型最有可能为你带来最佳结果。” ®
For example, Elon Musk said on Tuesday that Grok Bot would become a model router rather than a front-end for a specific model. "Going forward, SpaceX will use the best back end model for any given task, including Claude Opus 5.5, MidJourney, Suno and other leading APIs," he said. "Whatever is most likely to give you the best outcome." ®