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The State of AI in September 2026
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In this video
- 0:00 In September twenty twenty-six, Dominik Lukeš
- 1:07 Not everything called an agent does this: in Microsoft's agent area, some products do useful things…
- 2:16 That is cheap against his working time, but it takes more than a twenty-dollar plan. Dominik expects…
- 3:18 Its working notes show it deciding to be careful with private data and use only public information.
- 4:31 OpenAI is retiring custom GPTs and moving creators to plugins, and agents use skills: readable…
In September 2026, Dominik Lukeš says, the state of AI is defined by agents and by constant change. He shows what an agent does with his own trip to York: it put every journey on his calendar and completed the expenses claim, which cost an estimated $39.94 at API list prices. He covers what else agents are used for and how fast the products that offer them are changing. His main recommendation is the ChatGPT desktop app, which works on local files in a sandbox.
You'll come away with
- What an agent does differently from a chat: it makes a plan, uses tools, reads the results and revises, and not everything called an agent does this.
- One worked example in full, from calendar to expense claim, with what it cost in tokens and in subscription use.
- Where the products are heading: always-on assistants such as OpenClaw and Meta's Muse, custom GPTs retiring in favour of skills, and Chat and Work expected to merge.
- What the free tier gives you, a taste of agents, and why the full value costs more.
Narration uses a synthetic voice. This video is an AI-assisted summary of the recorded lecture.