OpenAI’s AI agents need to catch up
OpenAI’s AI agents need to catch up
OpenAI 的 AI 智能体亟需追赶
A rumored new ‘Aeon’ platform could be entering a crowded market of 24/7 assistants. 传闻中名为“Aeon”的新平台即将进入竞争激烈的全天候智能助手市场。
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. On Tuesday, it will likely try to capture the lead in that race. Rumors abound that OpenAI will release its own AI agent, dubbed Aeon — its answer to Meta’s Muse, SpaceX’s Grok Bot, OpenClaw, and many more. OpenAI 普及了现代生成式 AI 聊天机器人，但随着 2026 年开发者大会（DevDay）的临近，该公司在行业最热门的领域之一——持续运行的消费级 AI 智能体方面已经落后。周二，它很可能会尝试夺回这一赛道的领先地位。有传言称，OpenAI 将发布其自有的 AI 智能体 Aeon，以此回应 Meta 的 Muse、SpaceX 的 Grok Bot、OpenClaw 等众多竞争对手。
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. The ideal system would be as useful as the open-source OpenClaw, as cheap and easy to set up as Meta’s Muse, and as simple to chat with as the up-and-coming Instinct. Conversely, it would aim to solve the serious security risks that have plagued agents since the rise of OpenClaw and only continued with Muse. Aeon 或许有成功的机会，但要击败竞争对手，它需要整合多个智能体平台的最佳功能。理想的系统应该像开源的 OpenClaw 一样实用，像 Meta 的 Muse 一样廉价且易于设置，并像新兴的 Instinct 一样易于交流。反过来，它还需要解决自 OpenClaw 兴起以来一直困扰智能体、并在 Muse 上持续存在的严重安全风险。
AI agents — platforms capable of booking travel, buying groceries, scheduling appointments, helping with work presentations, and more — have been an industry goal for years. OpenAI demoed an agentic API feature at the 2024 DevDay and released early versions of consumer-facing AI agents, focused on computer use and research, in mid-2025. It was only late last year with OpenClaw, however, that agents went from proof of concept to practical success. Since then, the race has only accelerated, while OpenAI’s visible progress around agents has lagged. AI 智能体——即能够预订行程、购买杂货、安排预约、协助工作演示等功能的平台——多年来一直是行业的目标。OpenAI 在 2024 年的开发者大会上演示了智能体 API 功能，并于 2025 年年中发布了专注于计算机使用和研究的消费级 AI 智能体早期版本。然而，直到去年年底 OpenClaw 的出现，智能体才从概念验证走向了实际应用。自那以后，竞争不断加剧，而 OpenAI 在智能体方面的进展却显得滞后。
At this point, OpenAI’s primary competitor for agentic AI is likely Meta. Since its release earlier this month, Muse has topped the App Store charts and garnered 600,000 daily active users in the US, according to Apptopia. Early reviews put it in the category of useful but slightly creepy. Another contender is Instinct, whose eponymous agent has made waves for its ease of use — including the fact that users can communicate with it over iMessage and many other chat apps. And then there’s Gemini Spark, Google’s own horse in the race, which is also a 24/7-running, consumer-facing agent, with upwards of 30 external service partners, like Dropbox, Uber, and Spotify. 目前，OpenAI 在智能体 AI 领域的主要竞争对手很可能是 Meta。据 Apptopia 数据显示，Muse 自本月初发布以来，已登顶 App Store 排行榜，并在美国拥有 60 万日活跃用户。早期评论将其归类为“实用但略显诡异”。另一个竞争者是 Instinct，其同名智能体因易用性而引起轰动——用户可以通过 iMessage 和许多其他聊天应用与其交流。此外还有谷歌旗下的 Gemini Spark，这也是一款全天候运行的消费级智能体，拥有超过 30 个外部服务合作伙伴，如 Dropbox、Uber 和 Spotify。
Competing AI agents are, according to some accounts, filling out paperwork for doctor visits, canceling subscriptions, organizing group trips, booking activities, setting up DMV appointments, paying bills, and more — paying off the expectations tech companies set years ago. But security concerns abound, particularly when agents are given more autonomy. At least one known (now patched) vulnerability allowed attackers to take control of accounts, and users have complained that Muse gave out a home address without permission and read private messages, though individual anecdotes can be hard to verify. 据一些报道称，竞争中的 AI 智能体正在处理医生预约文书、取消订阅、组织团体旅行、预订活动、安排车管所（DMV）预约、支付账单等事务，兑现了科技公司多年前设定的期望。但安全担忧依然存在，尤其是当智能体被赋予更多自主权时。至少有一个已知的（现已修复）漏洞曾允许攻击者控制账户，用户也曾抱怨 Muse 未经许可泄露家庭住址并读取私人信息，尽管这些个别案例难以核实。
As of right now, little is known about Aeon. The rare thing we do know is that OpenAI currently employs the creator of OpenClaw, Peter Steinberger, who is very likely lending his expertise. 目前，关于 Aeon 的信息知之甚少。我们唯一知道的是，OpenAI 目前聘用了 OpenClaw 的创始人 Peter Steinberger，他很可能正在贡献自己的专业知识。
OpenAI has set expectations high for its DevDay announcements. The company has been hyping up its latest frontier model, GPT-6 Astra, as the moment around which artificial general intelligence arrives — “I think it’s not unreasonable to feel that we are now in the AGI era,” OpenAI president Greg Brockman said during a press briefing earlier this month. Astra would likely underpin whatever agent it announces, which should ostensibly make something like Aeon more powerful at cybersecurity tasks, software engineering, scientific research, and computer use. OpenAI 为其开发者大会的发布内容设定了很高的期望。该公司一直在宣传其最新的前沿模型 GPT-6 Astra，称其为通用人工智能（AGI）到来的时刻——OpenAI 总裁 Greg Brockman 在本月初的新闻发布会上表示：“我认为现在感觉我们已经处于 AGI 时代并非不合理。”Astra 很可能会成为其所发布任何智能体的底层支撑，这理应使 Aeon 等产品在网络安全任务、软件工程、科学研究和计算机使用方面更加强大。
But OpenAI is at a disadvantage in some other ways. Muse integrates with other Meta services used by billions of people, for instance, and Gemini Spark connects to Google’s wide range of enterprise and personal services. At OpenAI’s past annual events, it’s tried to bridge the gap — like last year, when OpenAI heavily pushed the new ChatGPT Apps SDK, allowing controls for other apps, like Zillow, Spotify, and Canva, to surface within the chatbot experience. 但在其他方面，OpenAI 处于劣势。例如，Muse 与数十亿人使用的其他 Meta 服务集成，而 Gemini Spark 则连接到谷歌广泛的企业和个人服务。在 OpenAI 过去的年度活动中，它曾试图弥补这一差距——比如去年，OpenAI 大力推广了新的 ChatGPT Apps SDK，允许 Zillow、Spotify 和 Canva 等其他应用的控件在聊天机器人体验中呈现。
Aeon could be simply one of several things announced at OpenAI’s event. Other rumors include potential updates on the AI hardware device(s) the company is building with famed ex-Apple designer Jony Ive, a potential advancement of GPT-6 (like Astra 6.1, for instance), a hardware update, and maybe even more AGI claims. A continuously running AI agent would tie a lot of this together, which is why it’s likely OpenAI’s next big bet, particularly as the company says goodbye to “side quests.” The question is how it’ll stack up against OpenAI’s cheap, heavily integrated competitors’ agents, particularly under the immense pressure of its upcoming IPO. Aeon 可能只是 OpenAI 活动中宣布的几项内容之一。其他传闻还包括该公司与前苹果著名设计师 Jony Ive 合作开发的 AI 硬件设备的潜在更新、GPT-6 的潜在进展（例如 Astra 6.1）、硬件更新，甚至可能更多关于 AGI 的声明。一个持续运行的 AI 智能体将把这一切串联起来，这就是为什么它很可能是 OpenAI 的下一个大赌注，尤其是在该公司告别“支线任务”之际。问题在于，在即将到来的 IPO 的巨大压力下，它将如何与 OpenAI 那些廉价且深度集成的竞争对手智能体抗衡。