ChatGPT’s Computer History Monitors Your Clicks and Keystrokes

ChatGPT’s desktop app for macOS has introduced an exciting feature called Computer History, which transforms your actions into training data. This allows the app to learn your workflow, suggest automations, and even pick up on tasks you may have left unfinished. By tracking your activity, it creates a timeline that both ChatGPT and Codex can reference when you make requests.

This feature is opt-in, giving you the choice to participate, and you can exclude specific apps and websites from being tracked. If you prefer more control, you also have the option to delete individual entries. Ari Weinstein, a Product and Engineering manager at OpenAI, mentioned that Computer History will automatically disregard any content accessed in incognito or private browsing modes.

In a brief demo, Dominik Kundel from the Developer Experiences team at OpenAI showcased how the app retrieves the last document he edited, checks its sharing status on Slack, and provides a summary of his morning activities. While it may remind some of Windows Recall, which was known for its reliance on screenshots, OpenAI clarifies that Computer History does not capture images, videos, or audio, focusing instead on tracking “events.”