OpenAI's dot assistant burned 300K+ tokens in a day without a single prompt

What happened: Geordie tested OpenAI's always-on agent dot and found one agent produced 155 activity sequences and consumed over 300,000 tokens in a day with no further human interaction. Key numbers: 155 agent traces, over 300,000 tokens in a day, at least 50 traces within two minutes, roughly 200,000 tokens cost between $5 and $10. Why it matters: Geordie's chief AI officer says dot is more proactive than other personal agents and suspects many users are not prepared for the background spend from always-on agents.

OpenAI's dot assistant consumed 300K+ tokens daily without prompts, signaling autonomous AI agent activity.

OpenAI's dot assistant consumed 300K+ tokens daily without prompts, signaling autonomous AI agent activity. — impact context not separately stored; see What changed.