OpenAI is giving ChatGPT and Codex a new way to learn from and remember how you use your Mac, even when that work happens outside the app.
What Is New
OpenAI announced Computer History in Thursday’s desktop app changelog . The feature is off by default and must be enabled by each user, giving people control over which sources contribute to their history. The release comes a month after Codex joined ChatGPT on the desktop.
It also follows OpenAI’s experimental Chronicle feature from earlier this year.
Features and Changes
The new Computer History feature builds a searchable timeline from activity across selected apps and websites. Here’s how OpenAI describes the new feature: Computer History is an opt-in feature in the ChatGPT desktop app on macOS that turns activity across apps and websites into memories and a timeline that ChatGPT and Codex can use. Choose which apps and websites contribute, pause collection, and review or delete your history at any time. Private browsing activity is also excluded.
ChatGPT’s Computer History feature doesn’t capture screenshots, screen recordings, microphone input, or system audio, according to OpenAI.
Price and Availability
Computer History is available to ChatGPT Pro, Business, and Enterprise users. Business and Enterprise administrators must enable access before workspace members can turn it on. Initial availability excludes the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
