Sources
Sources and citations
Updated · Facts checked October 2, 2026 · By the dotaimodel team · How we research
Short answer
Every product fact on dotaimodel links to one of the 21 sources below. Numbers match the bracketed citations used across the site. Access dates are when we last re-read each page (America/Chicago).
OpenAI (official)
[1]
OpenAI (ChatGPT Learn) · accessed 2026-10-02
Official product documentation: features, access by plan and region, usage limits.
Cited on: Best AI agents, dots alternatives, dots vs Grok, FAQ, GPT-6 Astra, Astra vs Grok 4.7, Why Grok, Is dots worth it?, OpenAI dots, dots pricing, Home
[2]
OpenAI Deployment Safety Hub · published 2026-09-03 · accessed 2026-10-02
Published Sept 3, 2026; dots appendix added Sept 29, 2026.
Cited on: Best AI agents, dots alternatives, dots vs Grok, FAQ, GPT-6 Astra, Astra vs Grok 4.7, Why Grok, Is dots worth it?, OpenAI dots, Home
[3]
GPT-6 Astra System Card — Appendix: dots
OpenAI Deployment Safety Hub · published 2026-09-29 · accessed 2026-10-02
Cited on: Best AI agents, dots alternatives, dots vs Grok, GPT-6 Astra
[4]
OpenAI API docs · accessed 2026-10-02
Context window, max output, knowledge cutoff, API pricing.
Cited on: dots vs Grok, FAQ, GPT-6 Astra, Astra vs Grok 4.7
xAI / SpaceXAI (official)
[10]
SpaceXAI (xAI) · published 2026-08-11 · accessed 2026-10-02
Cited on: Best AI agents, dots alternatives, dots vs Grok, FAQ, Why Grok, Is dots worth it?, OpenAI dots, Home
[11]
Grok Bot is now included with more plans
SpaceXAI (xAI) · accessed 2026-10-02
Cited on: Best AI agents, dots alternatives, dots vs Grok, FAQ, Why Grok, Is dots worth it?, OpenAI dots, dots pricing, Home
[12]
Grok Bot — AI teammates that finish the work (product & pricing page)
SpaceXAI (xAI) · accessed 2026-10-02
SuperGrok listed at $30/month billed monthly when we checked.
Cited on: Best AI agents, dots alternatives, dots vs Grok, FAQ, Why Grok, Is dots worth it?, OpenAI dots, dots pricing, Home
[13]
SpaceXAI (xAI) · published 2026-09-21 · accessed 2026-10-02
Cited on: Best AI agents, dots vs Grok, GPT-6 Astra, Astra vs Grok 4.7, Why Grok
[14]
SpaceXAI (xAI) · accessed 2026-10-02
Cited on: dots alternatives, Why Grok, Home
Official vendor page
[15]
Grok 4.7 is now available on Amazon Bedrock
AWS Machine Learning Blog · published 2026-09-28 · accessed 2026-10-02
Cited on: GPT-6 Astra, Astra vs Grok 4.7, Why Grok
[17]
Anthropic · accessed 2026-10-02
Cited on: Best AI agents, dots alternatives
[18]
Anthropic · accessed 2026-10-02
Cited on: Best AI agents, dots alternatives
[19]
Gemini Spark — your 24/7 personal AI agent
Google · accessed 2026-10-02
Cited on: Best AI agents, dots alternatives
[20]
Google (Gemini Apps Help) · accessed 2026-10-02
Cited on: Best AI agents, dots alternatives
[21]
Introducing Muse: The World’s First Personal AI Agent Built for Everyone
Meta Newsroom · published 2026-09-08 · accessed 2026-10-02
Cited on: Best AI agents, dots alternatives
Press
[5]
OpenAI announces ‘dots’ agent after scrapping launch of new AI model over safety concerns
The Guardian (Dara Kerr) · published 2026-09-29 · accessed 2026-10-02
Cited on: Best AI agents, dots alternatives, dots vs Grok, FAQ, GPT-6 Astra, Is dots worth it?, OpenAI dots, Home
[6]
OpenAI’s Dots Are Always-On AI Agents—and Its Answer to Meta’s Muse
WIRED · published 2026-09-29 · accessed 2026-10-02
Cited on: Best AI agents, dots alternatives, dots vs Grok, FAQ, Is dots worth it?, OpenAI dots, dots pricing, Home
[7]
OpenAI DevDay recap: AI lab rolls out Dots agents, Altman and Friar comment on IPO
CNBC · published 2026-09-29 · accessed 2026-10-02
Cited on: Best AI agents, dots alternatives, dots vs Grok, FAQ, Is dots worth it?, OpenAI dots, dots pricing, Home
[8]
OpenAI’s Dots explained: How its ‘always on’ AI agents work, what they can do
The Indian Express · published 2026-09-29 · accessed 2026-10-02
Cited on: OpenAI dots
[16]
SpaceXAI's Grok Bot turns agents into persistent digital coworkers
VentureBeat (Carl Franzen) · published 2026-08-11 · accessed 2026-10-02
Cited on: Best AI agents, dots alternatives, dots vs Grok, FAQ, Why Grok, Home
Secondary / roundup
[9]
OpenAI DevDay 2026: everything announced
Learnetto (independent roundup) · published 2026-09-30 · accessed 2026-10-02
Secondary source; used for Pro 500 pricing and a quoted OpenAI staff post on dots usage.
Cited on: dots vs Grok, FAQ, GPT-6 Astra, OpenAI dots, dots pricing
What we could not verify
- An official OpenAI price page for the ChatGPT Pro 100/200 and Business Premium tiers (chatgpt.com/pricing could not be fetched by our tools). We cite WIRED for the $100/month Pro figure and a DevDay roundup for Pro 500’s $500/month.
- An official price for SuperGrok Plus. xAI’s pricing page displayed SuperGrok at $30/month by default; Heavy at $300/month and Cursor Ultra/Teams Premium prices come from VentureBeat’s launch coverage.
- Country-by-country availability for Grok Bot, and whether its Android app has shipped.
- Any independent, like-for-like performance test of dots versus Grok Bot.
- A public xAI affiliate or referral program (none found as of October 2, 2026).