OpenAI Brings Memory Feature For ChatGPT Paid Users: Here's What You Get

OpenAI has now introduced the Memory feature for it, allowing the chatbot to retain information like queries and prompts more permanently. Initially limited to a small group, this feature is now accessible to all paying ChatGPT Plus subscribers outside of Europe or Korea.

According to its official blog post, Memory enhances ChatGPT's responses by enabling it to remember details and learn from conversations, making it a more effective AI assistant. Once it remembers your preferences, it can incorporate them seamlessly without requiring constant reminders.

Users can now receive updates on their memories, making it easier to manage them. By hovering over 'Memory updated' and clicking 'Manage memories,' users can review and adjust the information ChatGPT has gathered from their conversations. Memories can still be accessed at any time through settings.

The ability to remember information from various chats eliminates the need to repeat oneself, enhancing the efficiency of future interactions. Users have full control over ChatGPT's memory, being able to activate or deactivate it at will and request the forgetting of specific details either conversationally or through settings.

How Memory works?

In interactions with ChatGPT, users can instruct it to remember specific details or allow it to pick up information autonomously. The more it's used, the better its memory becomes, leading to noticeable improvements over time.

For instance, if you mention owning a neighborhood coffee shop, ChatGPT can suggest ideas for a social media post about a new location. Similarly, if you mention your toddler's love for jellyfish, ChatGPT can suggest jellyfish-themed birthday card designs.

User control

Users can disable memory at any time through the settings. When memory is off, no new memories are created or used.

If users wish to erase certain memories, they can simply request ChatGPT to forget them. Memories can also be viewed, deleted individually, or cleared entirely through settings. Memories evolve with user interactions and are not tied to specific conversations. Deleting a chat does not erase its memories; the memory itself must be deleted.

Enhancing assistance with custom instructions

Custom Instructions allow users to provide direct guidance to ChatGPT regarding their preferences and how they want it to respond. Whether explicitly provided or gleaned from conversations, ChatGPT can remember relevant details for future interactions.

Privacy and safety considerations

The introduction of Memory raises additional privacy and safety concerns regarding the type of information that should be remembered and how it should be used. Steps are being taken to evaluate and mitigate biases, ensuring that ChatGPT avoids proactively remembering sensitive information unless explicitly requested, informs OpenAI in its blog.

Efficiency for users

For enterprise and team users, Memory can be particularly beneficial for work-related tasks. It can learn user preferences, styles, and past interactions, saving time and providing more relevant responses. For instance:

ChatGPT can remember tone, voice, and format preferences, automatically applying them to blog post drafts. ChatGPT can recall programming language and framework preferences, streamlining tasks while coding.

For business reviews, data can be securely uploaded to ChatGPT, which then generates preferred charts with key takeaways.

Users retain control over their organization's data, with memories and other information within their workspace excluded from training the models. Enterprise account owners can disable memory for their organisation at any time.

Memory for GPTs

Finally, OpenAI has informed that GPTs will also have their own memory, which builders can enable. Memories are not shared with builders, ensuring privacy. Users must have memory enabled to interact with a memory-enabled GPT.

For example, the Books GPT can remember favourite genres or top books, tailoring recommendations accordingly without requiring repeated inputs. However, each GPT has its memory, so details shared with ChatGPT may need to be repeated for other GPTs, like the Artful Greeting Card GPT. Memory for GPTs will be available with the broader rollout soon.