ChatGPT's desktop app on macOS introduces Computer History, a feature that tracks user actions like clicks and keystrokes to build a timeline for suggesting automations and referencing past activities, with opt-in privacy controls and no image capture.
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">ChatGPT's desktop app on macOS has a new feature called <a href="https://x.com/AriX/status/2087996577227124775">Computer History</a> 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 make a request.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The feature is opt-in, rather than opt-out, and you can exclude certain apps and websites from Computer History, and you can delete entries if you want finer-grained control. Ari Weinstein, Product and Engineering manager at OpenAI, <a href="https://x.com/AriX/status/2088106720157446352?s=20">said on X</a> that Computer History will automatically ignore content in incognito or private browser ta …</p>
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# ChatGPT’s Computer History tracks your clicks and keystrokes
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ChatGPT’s desktop app on macOS has a new feature called[Computer History](https://x.com/AriX/status/2087996577227124775)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 make a request\.
The feature is opt\-in, rather than opt\-out, and you can exclude certain apps and websites from Computer History, and you can delete entries if you want finer\-grained control\. Ari Weinstein, Product and Engineering manager at OpenAI,[said on X](https://x.com/AriX/status/2088106720157446352?s=20)that Computer History will automatically ignore content in incognito or private browser tabs\.
In a quick[demo video](https://youtu.be/W-HhMUe9hOg), Dominik Kundel, a member of the Developer Experiences team at OpenAI, shows the app looking up the last document he edited, checking if it was shared with people via Slack, and delivering a recap of how he spent his morning\.
The feature is definitely reminiscent of[Windows Recall](https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/12/24319609/microsoft-recall-hands-on-notepad), but where Microsoft’s[controversial](https://www.theverge.com/report/912101/microsoft-windows-recall-new-security-concerns-response)AI feature relied heavily on[screenshots](https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/7/24173499/microsoft-windows-recall-response-security-concerns), OpenAI says Computer History doesn’t capture images, videos, or audio, instead relying on “events\.”
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- Terrence O'Brien
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