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OpenAI just made one of its biggest bets yet on what comes after the chatbot. Now, the person leading that product is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, happening October 13-15.
Alexander Embiricos, product lead for Dots at OpenAI, will join us at Moscone West in San Francisco just days after the company unveiled its new always-on personal AI agent.
Dots are designed to go beyond answering prompts. They have their own cloud computers, can connect to the apps people use every day, and can keep working toward a goal in the background, potentially giving AI far greater access to our work and digital lives.
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That increased autonomy also raises some much harder questions.
How much control are we actually willing to hand over to an AI agent? What should it be allowed to do without asking? And as these systems learn more about us and gain access to increasingly sensitive information, can companies like OpenAI earn enough trust for people to use them?
At Disrupt, Embiricos will sit down with TechCrunch for his session called “What Comes After the Chatbot?” to talk about the thinking behind Dots, where OpenAI believes personal agents are headed, and why privacy and trust could ultimately determine whether they take off.
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