OpenAI’s AI agents need to catch up.

Aeon could have a shot at success, but to beat the competition, it would need to pull together the best features of several different agent platforms. OpenAI popularized the modern generative AI chatbot, but as its 2026 DevDay event approaches, it’s fallen behind in one of the industry’s hottest categories: continuously running, consumer-facing AI agents. The ideal system would be as useful as the open-source OpenClaw, as cheap and easy …
Read the full story at The Verge. On Tuesday, it will likely try to capture the lead in that race. .