Ryan Orhan(@rynorhn):apparently openai's always-on assistant is called “o” yes. literally just o and it's already starting to show up in the catalog under pro.

2026.09.26 08:32

apparently openai's always-on assistant is called “o” yes. literally just o and it's already starting to show up in the catalog under pro.

leo 🐾@synthwavedd

2026.09.26 06:42

Looks like OpenAI leaked it before I could (lol). One of their big DevDay launches is "o", a competitor to products like Grok Bot and Hermes Agent, powered by a variant of Astra called "aeon" designed to be better at long-running tasks. This has been in the works for months but xAI beat them to it