ChatGPT’s Computer History tracks your clicks and keystrokes
OpenAI has introduced a 'Computer History' feature for its macOS desktop app that tracks user activity to provide context-aware assistance and automation. Unlike Microsoft's Recall, this feature logs event-based data rather than visual screenshots and includes privacy controls for users.
Why it matters
This feature represents a shift toward AI agents that actively monitor user workflows to improve productivity, raising ongoing questions about data privacy.
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.
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