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What Is Permanent Active Intelligence?

Tibo Sottiaux says permanent active intelligence knows everything it needs to do and stays available through any client and any screen, so a person can break free from the technology. Dots is how that idea is positioned and shipping now: an incredibly smart agent that works 24-7, understands goals, understands preferences, and learns from feedback. The launch is not perfect. He will learn very much from making Dots available to pro users. Over time a person wants the system that learns what they want to achieve, without having to loop it exactly one set way in order to get results.

Codex, ChatGPT Work, ChatGPT Consumer, and Dots are all in front of people right now. Whether the name stays Dots or not, the aim is the same permanent active intelligence. Walk into a meeting room and it shows up in the meeting and takes notes. The person picks it back up on email and then texts it if needed. It is available when needed and gets out of the way when it is not.

A person does not need to stay glued to a laptop or stay always on a phone. Carrying a laptop around like a brick leaves someone tied to the technology. The point is the technology working for the person.

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OpenAI’s Head of ChatGPT: We’re entering a new era of AI (again) | Tibo Sottiaux ·

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  1. Are Codex and ChatGPT Going to Merge?Tibo Sottiaux says Codex and ChatGPT are going to merge. Chat and the work toggle are being merged, and the complexity between them is being reduced.
  2. How Do Notion and Figma Make Money Inside ChatGPT?Tibo Sottiaux says Notion and Figma make money when people use their plugins inside ChatGPT.
  3. What Keeps Human Brains Valuable?Tibo Sottiaux says where human brains stay valuable is a function of how the technology is built.
  4. What Is It Like to Work at OpenAI?Tibo Sottiaux says working at OpenAI is bottoms-up energy from ex-founders, with trust to own choices and a quality bar high enough to hold launches back.
  5. Will Agents Take Most Actions on the Internet?Tibo Sottiaux says the majority of actions on the internet will be taken by agents.

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