ChatGPT's New Computer History Feature Tracks Clicks and Keystrokes
OpenAI rolls out a new feature called Computer History in the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS. The feature turns your clicks and keystrokes into training data that helps ChatGPT learn how you work, suggest automations, and pick up tasks you left half finished. It builds a timeline of your activity that ChatGPT and Codex can reference when you make a request.
The feature is opt in rather than opt out, giving users some control over their data. You can exclude specific apps and websites from Computer History, and you can delete individual entries for finer-grained control. Ari Weinstein, a Product and Engineering manager at OpenAI, says on X that the feature automatically ignores content in incognito or private browser tabs.
In a demo video, Dominik Kundel of OpenAI's Developer Experiences team shows the app looking up the last document he edited, checking whether it was shared via Slack, and delivering a recap of how he spent his morning. The feature draws comparisons to Microsoft's controversial Windows Recall, but OpenAI says Computer History does not capture screenshots, images, videos, or audio, relying instead on "events" to understand your activity.