ChatGPT’s Computer History tracks your clicks and keystrokes
ChatGPT's desktop app now watches everything you do. Computer History turns your clicks and keystrokes into training data for on-device automation.
Why it matters
A major product feature ships that fundamentally changes how ChatGPT learns about individual users' workflows — opt-in but pervasive, with implications for privacy-conscious practitioners and those building AI-augmented work habits.
The key facts
8 to knowComputer History feature on macOS ChatGPT desktop app
Tracks clicks, keystrokes, and user actions to build activity timeline
Uses activity data for automation suggestions and task resumption
Opt-in rather than opt-out
Users can exclude specific apps and websites
Users can delete individual entries
Automatically ignores incognito/private browser tabs
Product managed by Ari Weinstein (OpenAI Product and Engineering)
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Publisher excerpt: ChatGPT's desktop app on macOS has a new feature called Computer History that turns your actions into training data, learning how you work, suggesting automations, and even picking up tasks you left half done. It uses your activity to build a timeline that ChatGPT and Codex can reference when you…