OpenAI ditches Recall-style screenshot surveillance for friendly keylogging
What's happening
OpenAI introduced a macOS feature called ChatGPT Computer History that records clicks and typing to build a timeline of your work, letting ChatGPT and Codex reference your recent activity. The Register describes the mechanism as recording clicks and keystrokes rather than taking continuous screenshots, and The Verge says Computer History turns your actions into training data to suggest automations and resume half-done tasks. Reddit threads discuss the idea of AI remembering work context and using ChatGPT as the main interface for workflows.
Why it's trending
Because desktop assistants that remember context are debuting now, and OpenAI just switched from screenshot-style Recall to an activity-focused Computer History.
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Giving my assistant a keylogger so it can 'help' me is not progress, it's a design shortcut that hands over context without consent guardrails.
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- ChatGPT’s Computer History tracks your clicks and keystrokes
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 make a request. The feature […]
The Verge AIAug 16 - ChatGPT/Claude as the main interface for everything
Hi all, I was updating my ChatGPT-created spreadsheet where I track networking when I realized that it's honestly easier to go into the project in ChatGPT and tell it to update my spreadsheet. That's when I was like, what if this is just how it is now? Instead of going into google sheets, finding the name, and putting something down, I can just tell AI to update it for me. It's way simpler, and it
r/artificialAug 17 - What's going on here?
Google detects the usage of the term "Chat GPT" (also in the case sensitive mode) around 2002. Any explanation? Time travellers?
r/OpenAIAug 16
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