One dot Can Now Work Across Several Computers
OpenAI now lets users connect several local computers to the same dot and choose where a task runs. Independent jobs use separate threads, with one computer per thread at a time.
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OpenAI announced on November 9 that the same dot can connect to multiple local computers, giving users a way to send work to a second machine without surrendering their everyday setup.
The announcement describes testing an iOS app in Xcode on another Mac, reproducing a bug against an older SDK, and checking a user-interface flow on a spare computer while the user keeps working.
The setup is explicit: each computer must be authorized separately in the ChatGPT app. Users open their dot’s profile on that machine, choose Allow under Computers and confirm access.
For independent jobs, OpenAI’s documentation says to start a separate thread on each computer. Each thread uses one computer at a time. This makes the feature useful for dividing tests across machines, rather than treating their files and applications as one combined desktop.
Local machines must stay online with the ChatGPT app open while the dot uses them. The dot’s cloud computer remains available separately; cloud work can continue when a user’s own devices are off.
Access persists between tasks and can be revoked. Taking a machine offline makes it unavailable without removing its authorization.
Keep your laptop for your work. Send the assistant’s test run to another authorized machine.
Receipts, not rumors.
Read the original reporting: OpenAI Developer Community; ChatGPT Learn
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