OpenAI Gives ChatGPT a Memory
WiredThe promise and peril of the internet has always been a memory greater than our own, a permanent recall of information and events that our brains can’t store. Called simply Memory, it’s an AI personalization feature that turbocharges the “custom instructions” tool OpenAI released last July. Using ChatGPT custom instructions, a person could tell the chatbot that they’re a technology journalist based in the Bay Area who enjoys surfing, and the chatbot would consider that information in future responses within that conversation, like a first date who never forgets the details. The service will also remember personal details about a ChatGPT user even if they don’t make a custom instruction or tell the chatbot directly to remember something; it just picks up and stores details as conversations roll on. In one, Jang asked ChatGPT to write up a social media post for the opening of a café called Catio on Valentine’s Day; the bot performed the task.