OpenAI introduces Computer History feature in ChatGPT desktop app

OpenAI just gave ChatGPT a photographic memory for everything you do on your Mac. The company’s new Computer History feature, announced on August 13, records user activity across approved apps and websites on macOS, building a searchable timeline that both ChatGPT and Codex can tap into when you ask for help. How Computer History works The feature tracks actions like typing, clicks, and keyboard shortcuts through macOS accessibility APIs. That raw activity data gets converted into structured memories and a timeline that ChatGPT and Codex can reference to provide context-aware assistance. The practical upside is significant. If you abandon a half-finished task, ChatGPT can pick up where you left off. It can suggest automations based on patterns it notices in your workflow. And when you make a request, it doesn’t start from zero, it already has context about what you’ve been working on. Computer History replaces Chronicle, an earlier research preview that relied on periodic screen captures to achieve a similar goal. The new approach is less intrusive by design, pulling structured interaction data rather than snapping screenshots of your display. Ari Weinstein, Product and Engineering...