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Always-On OpenAI Assistant Used 300,000 Tokens in a Day Without a Prompt

By Defici Editorial · 23 Oct 2026

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According to AI agent security and governance firm Geordie, one OpenAI dot agent produced 155 separate activity sequences and consumed more than 300,000 tokens in a day, with no further human interaction.

Geordie has been testing the always-on agentic assistant since OpenAI announced it in September, The Register reports.

Source: theregister.com, reported 10-13. https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/13/openais-dot-assistant-burned-300k-tokens-in-a-day-without-a-single-prompt/5302913

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